Kashmir: Jaish-e-Mohammed's top terrorist Noor Trali killed in encounter

In a major success for security forces against the Jaish-e-Mohammed in the Kashmir valley, its top leader in South Kashmir Noor Mohammed Tantray alias Noor Trali was eliminated in an encounter in the Pulwama district on Tuesday.

Trali, 47, was the main leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed in the South Kashmir area and was responsible for carrying out operations along with the Pakistani-origin terrorists of the group coming from across the border, the sources said.

The barely four-feet tall Trali was one of the oldest terrorists actively operating in Kashmir and was killed in a joint operation by the 50 Rashtriya Rifles and the local police in the in Samboora area of Pulwama.

The 47-year-old was wanted in various terror incidents earlier this year, including a suicide attack at the BSF camp at Srinagar airport, and had become an irritant for the security forces as he had escaped from encounter spots on several occasions.

Trali's body was recovered along with one weapon on Tuesday morning. At the encounter site when a joint security forces' team had surrounded his hideout in a cluster of houses in Samboora area. Trali was killed after a brief exchange of fire.

The terrorist was convicted in a case registered in 2003 in Delhi and was serving a sentence in Delhi's Tihar jail before he was moved out to Srinagar jail after a campaign by human rights and sympathisers of terrorists in Kashmir.

As soon as he reached Srinagar jail, papers for his parole were approved and immediately he joined the Jaish-e-Mohammed in South Kashmir.

Trali went underground in July 2017 and soon became the key man of the terror outfit.

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