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Pulwama Terror Attack Mastermind Ghazi Rasheed Killed In J&K Encounter

Kamran alias Ghazi Rasheed, a close aide of Masood Azhar, was the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack that killed at least 40 CRPF jawans and critically injured many.

Pulwama Terror Attack Mastermind Ghazi Rasheed Killed In J&K Encounter
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The mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack on a CRPF convoy has reportedly been killed in바카라 웹사이트an바카라 웹사이트encounter with security forces in바카라 웹사이트Pinglan바카라 웹사이트area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Monday.바카라 웹사이트Another Jaish terrorist was also killed.

Kamran alias Ghazi Rasheed was the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack which took place on February 14.바카라 웹사이트

According to police sources,바카라 웹사이트Rasheed바카라 웹사이트was a Pakistani "chief operational commander" of the Jaish-e-Mohammad. He was a dreaded terrorist, known for radicalizing, recruiting and training terrorists in the Kashmir Valley.

Rasheed,바카라 웹사이트who was an Afghan war veteran and an IED specialist,바카라 웹사이트was the one who trained Adil Dar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror commander who drove the explosive-laden바카라 웹사이트vehicle into the CRPF convoy.

"Rasheed had trained the suicide bomber who had attacked the CRPF convoy with a car laden with explosives that led to the martyrdom of 40 soldiers," police officials said.

"Ghazi Abdul Rasheed infiltrated in mid December to Kashmir," officials added. The police believes that he had come to Kashmir as the militants the area were facing pressure from the forces.

Earlier today, four army men, including a Major, were also killed in the encounter that started in the early hours of the day. According to reports, a civilian was also killed.

The gunfight started late on Sunday after security forces, including the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), surrounded the village following a바카라 웹사이트tip off바카라 웹사이트that Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants -- the same group that carried out the February 14 attack leaving a toll 40 troopers -- were hiding in the area.

"As the cordon was tightened, the holed-up militants fired triggering the gunfight. Firing exchanges have again started at the encounter site," the police added.

Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트It was the worst-ever attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in the state in1989.

(With inputs from agencies)

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