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India Today
01-08-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Gunfight underway with 3 TRF terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district are engaged in a fierce gunfight with three terrorists on Friday. According to sources, the terrorists belong to The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for the Pahalgam attack. The terrorists are presently hiding inside the Dachigam National Park near Srinagar, where the gunfight is taking place. A joint operation by the Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police is being conducted to neutralise to officials, the terrorists opened fire on security forces while they were conducting search operations in the Akhal forest area of Kulgam. Two to three terrorists are presently engaged in a gunfight with the security forces. The initial input was about the presence of five TRF terrorists. Out of them, three were eliminated in Operation Mahadev on Monday, while two are at mastermind of the Pahalgam terrorist attack was among the three Pakistani terrorists killed in an encounter under Operation Mahadev on Monday. Top Lashkar commander Suleiman Shah, alias Musa Fauji, was the conspirator and executor of the attack. Around 17 grenades, one M4 carbine and two AK-47 rifles were recovered from the hideout of the terrorists.- Ends
New Indian Express
28-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Pahalgam attack mastermind, two others killed in encounter with security forces near Srinagar
The mastermind behind the Pahalgam terror attack was among three Pakistani terrorists killed in an encounter in Srinagar under Operation Mahadev, sources said. Top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Suleiman Shah, also known as Musa Fauji, was identified as the key conspirator and executor of the attack, which left 26 civilians – mostly tourists – dead. Suleiman, who previously served in the Pakistan Army, had a bounty of Rs 20 lakh placed on him by the Jammu and Kashmir Police following the Pahalgam terror attack. Security sources confirmed that he was killed in a gunfight near Srinagar on Monday morning, reported NDTV. Operation Mahadev also resulted in the elimination of two other terrorists – Abu Hamza and Yasir. "Three terrorists have been neutralised in an intense firefight. Operation Continues," Srinagar-based Chinar Corps of the Army had earlier posted on X.
