SHOCKING! Terrorist supporter Pakistan may give Rs 140000000 to Jaish chief Masood Azhar due to....
As many as 10 members of JeM founder Masood Azhar's family were killed in Indian airstrikes under Operation Sindoor. (File)
In another brazen example of its open support to terrorism, the Pakistan government may reportedly pay a sum of Rs 14 crore to Masood Azhar– the founder and chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group and one of the most wanted terrorists in India– as compensation for the deaths of his family members killed in Indian missile strikes under Operation Sindoor earlier this month.
According to reports, the Pakistani government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore for the families of those killed in Operation Sindoor, and it seems Masood Azhar will be the biggest beneficiary of this scheme as 10 of his family members, including his brother Abdul Rauf Azhar, and four of his close aides, were neutralized in the Indian airstrikes.
Thus, Masood Azhar is reportedly bound to receive Rs 14 crore in compensation from the Pakistan government, as per reports. Masood Azhar's family, aides killed in Operation Sindoor
On May 7 midnight, Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, a series of deadly, precision missile strikes on terror infrastructures deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). One of the nine locations targeted by India was the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed, the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah, in Bahawalpur, in which as many as 10 family members of Masood Azhar, and four of his close aides, were reportedly killed.
Its is believed that Masood's younger brother, Abdul Rauf Azhar, and two of his brothers-in-law, were killed in the strikes.
Abdul Rauf Azhar, a most-wanted terrorist in India, is widely considered to have masterminded the 1999 hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in Kandahar, and is also believed to have played a major role in planning and orchestrating the 2001 Parliament attack, and the Pathankot air base terror strike.
Following the strikes, in a statement attributed to Masood Azhar, the dreaded terrorist displayed complete fanaticism, asserting that those killed, including five children, had been 'martyred' in Allah's path and will now rest in paradise.
Its believed that being the legal heir of his family, as well as the four close aides killed in the Indian strikes, Masood Azhar is likely to receive all the compensation on their behalf, which amounts to Rs 14 crore.
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