Srinagar: As part of a crackdown against terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack, Jammu and Kashmir authorities and security forces have blown up the houses of a total of five active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists.
On Friday the residence of Adil Hussain Thoker alias Adil Gojri in Bijbehara was destroyed using improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to officials.
Adil had travelled legally to Pakistan in 2018 via the Attari-Wagah land border, where he underwent training before infiltrating back into Jammu and Kashmir last year. He is believed to have played a key role in planning and executing the deadly Pahalgam attack.
The house of another terrorist, Asif Sheikh, was razed to the ground using a bulldozer. Authorities also demolished the residence of Adil Sheikh of Monghama, Tral, who is suspected to have been involved in the Pahalgam attack.
In Tral, the house of Asif Sheikh, was razed to the ground using a bulldozer. Authorities also demolished the residence of Adil Sheikh of Monghama, Tral, who is suspected to have been involved in the attack.
Ahsan Ahmad Sheikh's house was also demolished using IED. He is an active LeT cadre who joined the organisation in June 2023 and resident of Murran in Pulwama. In Shopian, The house of Shahid Ahmed, who joined Lashkar two years ago, was blasted in Chotipora area.
Similarly, in Kulgam, forces demolished the residence of Zakir Ganie in Quimoh. Zakir had joined the terror group in 2023.
On April 22, a group of five to six terrorists killed 28 people at Baisaran meadows near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Since the abrogation of Article 370, it is the worst terror attack on civilians. 26 innocent people were killed in the attack.
