Pulwama connect: DNA test to verify slain ultra's identity

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, January 1

The J&K Police today said a DNA test would be conducted on the mortal remains of a terrorist killed in the Anantnag encounter as his picture resembled with that of the last surviving ultra involved in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said the picture of the slain ultra matched with that of Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (JeM) top commander Samir Dar. “The picture of one of the killed #terrorists in #AnantnagEncounter on Dec 30 matches with JeM top commander Samir Dar, who was the last surviving terrorist involved in Lethpora #Pulwama #TerrorAttack. We are going for DNA sample matching (sic),” Kashmir Zone Police said on Twitter quoting IGP Kumar. The police had said that three JeM terrorists were killed and their bodies retrieved from the site of the encounter that took place in the Nowgam Dooru area on Thursday.

They were identified as Sultan, alias Rayees, alias Mavia, (a foreign terrorist), Nisar Ahmad Khanday of Dudwangan Kapran and Altaf Ahmad Shah of Nathipora Dooru.

The IGP said Shah, Sultan and another terrorist Suhail Rather were involved in an attack at Zewan Srinagar in which three cops were killed. Rather was killed in an encounter on Saturday.