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New Delhi, April 26
Jammu and Kashmir authorities and security forces have demolished the houses of five active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists believed to be involved in the recent Pahalam terror attack that killed 26 people.
The crackdown began with the residence of Adil Hussain Thoker alias Adil Gojri in Bijbehara being destroyed using improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Adil had travelled legally to Pakistan in 2018 via the Attari-Wagah land border, where he underwent training before infiltrating back into Jammu and Kashmir last year. He is believed to have played a key role in planning and executing the deadly Pahalgam attack, officials said.
In Tral, the house of another accused, Asif Sheikh, was razed to the ground using a bulldozer. Authorities also demolished the residence of Adil Sheikh of Monghama, Tral, who is suspected to have been involved in the Pahalgam attack.
A double-storied house belonging to Ahsan Ahmad Sheikh, an active LeT cadre who joined the organisation in June 2023 and resident of Murran in Pulwama, was destroyed using IEDs. In Shopian, the house of Shahid Ahmed, who joined Lashkar two years ago, was blasted in Chotipora area.
In a similar operation in Kulgam, forces blew up the residence of Zakir Ganie in Quimoh. Zakir had joined the terror group in 2023.
The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack.
