Jaish-e-Mohammed militant commander Umer Khalid killed in JK
In a burst through, a joint group of security forces today killed top most Jaish-e-Mohammed militant commander Umer Khalid in Ladoora area of North Kashmir, the police force said.
Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police S.P. Vaid said it was a most important breakthrough for the security forces as the militant was guilty of many attacks on security camps in North Kashmir as well as aiming policemen in particular.
“He was killed in a joint operation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operation Group, local police, the CRPF and the Army,” he said.
Khalid, who is a Pakistani national, had been operational in the area for last two to three years and was also instrumental in arranging recruits for the terror outfit, police said.
He had recently carried out an attack on a Special Police Officer and his seven-year-old son at Handwara, they said and added that Khalid was a pinnacle ranking terrorist and carried a cash reward of nearly Rs 7 lakh.
.The police is also inquiring his role in the recent attack carried out by the JeM on BSF battalion headquarters near high-security Srinagar airport and attack on the District Police Lines at Pulwama.
It is anticipated that he was a part of the conspiracy behind these reprehensible attacks, the police said.
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