A Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, recognized as Yasir, was killed in an encounter with joint safety forces within the higher reaches of Yousmarg in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday, sources stated.
The gunfight broke out after joint forces launched an intelligence-based search operation within the space following inputs concerning the presence of terrorists. The motion was carried out collectively by the Particular Forces and 53 Rashtriya Rifles, who had an alternate of fireside with the terrorists.
In accordance with sources, Yasir was a part of the bigger Sulaiman Musa group of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Nevertheless, he had cut up from the group almost a 12 months in the past and had since been working individually. Safety businesses had been monitoring his actions and had been monitoring his actions within the Yousmarg space for a short interval.
Sources additional revealed that Yasir had emerged as a key Lashkar operative within the space following his separation from the group. His presence within the larger reaches of Yousmarg had led safety forces to launch the search operation, which finally resulted within the encounter.
The most recent encounter in Yousmarg comes as safety forces proceed intensified counter-terror operations throughout Jammu and Kashmir. Following Yasir’s killing, businesses at the moment are probing his community, his hyperlinks with different Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives and the extent of his actions within the area.
Safety businesses are additionally investigating whether or not Yasir had any function in planning, facilitating or supporting latest terror actions in Jammu and Kashmir.
WHO WAS SULAIMAN MUSA?
Sulaiman Musa, often known as Hashim Moosa, was one of many masterminds behind the 2025 terrorist assault in Pahalgham.
A couple of months after the assault, the Indian safety forces gunned Moosa down in an encounter with safety forces within the Dachigam forest space of Srinagar.
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