March 11, 2019:
Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mudasir Ahmed Khan, alias ‘Mohd Bhai’, a young electrician has been identified as the brains behind the terror strike in Pulwama.
The attack left 40 CRPF personnel dead on Feb 14, officials said.
Security officials revealed that 23-year-old Khan, an electrician with a graduate degree hailing from Pulwama District, arranged the vehicle & explosives used in the terror strike.
A resident of Mir Mohalla of Tral, Khan joined the Jaish-e-Mohammed sometime in 2017 as an overground worker and was later drawn into the JeM fold by Noor Mohammed Tantrey, alias ‘Noor Trali’, who is believed to have helped in the revival of the terror outfit in Kashmir Valley.
After Tantray was killed in Dec 2017, Khan disappeared from his home on Jan 14, 2018 and has been active since then.
Suicide attacker Adil Ahmed Dar, who blew his explosive-laden vehicle next to a bus in a CRPF convoy on Feb 14, had been in constant contact with Khan, they said.
After completing his graduation, Khan did a one-year diploma course as electrician from an Industrial Training Institute (ITI). The eldest son of a labourer, Khan is also believed to be involved in the terror strike at the army camp in Sunjawan in Feb 2018, in which six personnel and a civilian were killed.
His role has also come under lens in the Lethpora attack on a CRPF camp in Jan 2018 that left five CRPF personnel dead.
The NIA, which is probing the Feb 14 terror attack, had carried out searches at the residence of Khan on Feb 27.
A Maruti Eeco minivan was used in the Pulwama terror attack and it was bought by another Jaish-e-Mohammed operative just 10 days before the strike.
The JeM operative, identified as Sajjad Bhat, a resident of Bijbehara in south Kashmir, has since been on the run and is believed to have become an active militant now, they said.
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