In the past 48 hours, security forces, in coordination with district administrations, have escalated their actions against terrorism by demolishing the homes of several terrorists across Jammu and Kashmir. The actions came in the aftermath of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, and injured many others.
The latest operation saw the house of Adnan Shafi, an active Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, being blown up in the Zainapora area of Shopian district. Hours ago, the house of Farooq Ahmed, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist currently based out of Pakistan, was bombed in Kupwara. Along with Farooq’s house, properties linked to other terrorists were also targeted.
Among them were the houses of Adil Ahmad Thokar from Thokerpoora in Anantnag district, Ahsan ul Haq Sheikh from Murran in Pulwama, Asif Ahmad Sheikh from Tral, Shahid Ahmad Kuttay from Chotipora in Shopian and Zahid Ahmad Ganie from Matalhama in Kulgam.
On Friday, security forces demolished the houses of two terrorists believed to be involved in the Pahalgam attack. While the residence of Lashkar terrorist Adil Hussain Thoker in Bijbehara was blown up using IEDs, the house of Asif Sheikh in Tral was demolished with a bulldozer.
According to officials, Adil Thoker is suspected of facilitating the Pakistani terrorists in executing the deadly assault in Baisaran Valley earlier this week. Thoker crossed into Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab in 2018, where he underwent training at terror camps. He later infiltrated back into Jammu and Kashmir sometime last year.
