Jaish's IED expert among 2 shot dead in Pulwama

New Delhi/Srinagar, December 1

The security forces on Wednesday killed Yasir Parray, a commander of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and an IED expert, and foreign terrorist Furqan in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The J&K Police called it a “big success”.

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar tweeted: “Terrorist commander of proscribed terror outfit JeM Yasir Parray, an IED expert, & foreign terrorist Furqan neutralised. Both were involved in several terror cases. A big success.” The nerve-wracking operation began in Parray’s native village Qasabyar, at 11 pm on Tuesday following a tipoff. Col AK Singh, CO, 44 Rashtriya Rifles, who led the operation, ensured there was no collateral damage. The terrorists were found hiding in a cavity between the roof and the top floor of a building at 3 am. Both were neutralised, said Army officials.

Col Singh summoned Parray’s father to make the terrorist surrender but it could not be done because of heavy firing by Furqan. Parray was instrumental in guiding various groups of Jaish terror group in South Kashmir and had climbed the hierarchy ladder of the banned terror group swiftly after joining them in late 2018.

The operation ended at 8:45 am on Wednesday, the officials said. TNS/ agencies

About Parray & Furqan

• An aide of Pak terrorist Abu Saifullah, who planned the Pulwama convoy attack in February, 2019, Parray was behind the IED blast targeting a 44 Rashtriya Rifles patrol in June 2019 in which 2 soldiers were killed
• A category ‘B’ terrorist, he acted as a guide to various Pak terrorists to help them sneak into Kashmir
• Category ‘A ’ Pak terrorist Furqan was sent to Kashmir to radicalise the youth, sources in the Army said