Pahalgam Terror Attack: The residences of two more suspected terrorists, including an affiliate of Jaish-e-Mohammed, were demolished in Jammu and Kashmir as authorities stepped up their crackdown following the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives.
Houses of nine terrorists or their associates have been demolished in the past 72 hours, with authorities saying similar action will be taken against others involved in terror activities.
As part of the latest crackdown, authorities demolished the houses of two active terrorists — Jameel Ahmed Sheer Gojri of Naaz Colony, Bandipora, active since 2016, and Amir Nazir Wani of Khasipora, Tral in Pulwama district, a Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate who joined terror activities in 2024 — in controlled blasts.
A J&K Police spokesman said on Saturday that raids were carried out at more than 60 places in Srinagar “to dismantle the terrorist ecosystem."
The raids were conducted to seize weapons, documents, digital devices, and other materials, to collect evidence and gather intelligence to detect and prevent any conspiratorial or terrorist activities in the Valley, the police said.
“This decisive action of J&K Police aims to dismantle the terrorist ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir by identifying and taking legal action against individuals engaged in such anti-national and criminal activities," said a police spokesman.
Earlier on Saturday, authorities demolished the two-storey house of Adnan Safi Dar, also known as Adnan Shafi, an active terrorist from Wandina Zainapora in Shopian district, who has been associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and The Resistance Front (TRF) since 2024 after joining militancy following the killing of a non-local labourer.
Separately, the house of active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Farooq Teedwa was damaged in a blast at Kalaroos in Kupwara as part of the Centre’s zero-tolerance policy against terrorism.
In a similar action, the residence of another active LeT terrorist, Amir Nazir, was demolished in Daramdora, Pulwama, with sources saying that these actions were intended to send a stern message to local terrorists and their families.
Terrorists opened fire in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in the deadliest attack in the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack.
Source: news18
