Nisar Ahmed Tantray, the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist accused of being a key conspirator in the 2017 attack on the Pulwama Lethpora CRPF camp, has been deported by the United Arab Emirates, a government official said.

Nisar Tantray, who had been detained by authorities in the United Arab Emirates at New Delhi’s request, was deported to national capital Delhi on 31 March, according to news agency ANI He had escaped to UAE reportedly on a valid visa just a few weeks earlier.

Nisar Tantray is brother of Noor Mohammed Tantray, the most brutal of Jaish commanders. He was just 3 feet tall but was a terror planner.

Noor Mohammed, who is once reported to have been referred to as a “merchant of death” by a Delhi court, had been killed a few days before the CRPF camp attack. His killing was treated as a major success for the security establishment, in light of his attempts to revive the Pakistan-based outfit.

But Nisar had been on the run after the December 2017 when three heavily-armed hurled grenades and entered the 185th battalion camp of the CRPF in Lethpora at around 2am. Five soldiers had been killed in this attack.

First Published: Apr 02, 2019 22:57 IST