Security forces kill JeM commander Mufti Waqas, the mastermind of the Sunjwan camp attack

  • Shuja-ul-Haq
  • Ashraf Wani
  • Srinagar
  • March 5, 2018
  • UPDATED 19:40 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sunjwan Army camp attack mastermind killed in Kashmir
  • 50 RR launches operation in Awantipur
  • There were no civilian casualties
Sunjwan Army camp
Visuals taken at the time of the Sunjwan Army camp attack (Photo: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sunjwan Army camp attack mastermind killed in Kashmir
  • 50 RR launches operation in Awantipur
  • There were no civilian casualties
Jaish-e-Mohammed operational commander Mufti Waqas, the mastermind of a deadly attack on the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu, has been killed in a joint operation by the Indian Army, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force. The 50 Rashtriya Rifles launched

Jaish-e-Mohammed operational commander Mufti Waqas, the mastermind of a deadly attack on the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu, has been killed in a joint operation by the Indian Army, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force.

The 50 Rashtriya Rifles launched the operation based on specific intelligence inputs on the presence of a terrorist in Hatwar in Kashmir's Awantipur.

The Army's Srinagar-based defence spokesperson, Col Rajesh Kalia, told India Today that a gunfight broke out at Hatiwara. The militant was killed during the encounter.

His body was recovered along with an AK-rifle.

There were no civilian casualties, or any collateral damage.

This comes as a major blow for the JeM, for Waqas was the successor of the former operational commander, Noor Mohammed Tantrey. Tantrey was killed on December 17.

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