Terrorist Killed in Failed Infiltration Attempt Along LoC in Rajouri, Identified as LeT Operative

 

The terrorist who was killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district on Tuesday during a failed infiltration attempt has been identified as a launching operative of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the terrorist was killed in the general area of Jhangar in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district around 3 PM on Tuesday while he, along with another associate, was trying to sneak in from across the border.

The Army said, based on the documents and intelligence inputs, the deceased has been identified as Hamza Yousaf, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Yousaf was a senior operative of LeT’s launchpad module assigned to facilitate the infiltration of armed terrorists into the Indian side. The Army described his killing as a major setback for the proscribed outfit. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including an AK-type rifle with two magazines, two pistols with four magazines, 58 rounds, three hand grenades, one mobile set, two SIM cards and some Pakistani currency were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorist.

However, his associate managed to escape and cross back to the Pakistani side during the encounter. This was the second infiltration bid foiled by the army in the Rajouri sector this month. On March 4, army troops opened fire on infiltrating terrorists in the Turkandi area, forcing them to retreat. Earlier, the army foiled an infiltration bid in the Sunderbani area of Rajouri during the intervening night of February 19-20, recovering some arms and ammunition.