Srinagar: Director General of Police SP Vaid on Thursday claimed that one of the militants killed in Tral forest gunfight was the operational commander of the Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit.
Operational commander of JeM Mufti Yasir was among those killed in joint operation in upper reaches of Tral. pic.twitter.com/gusTlTLOtN
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) April 26, 2018
“Operational commander of JeM Mufti Yasir was among those killed in joint operation in upper reaches of Tral, ” Director General of Police SP Vaid tweeted.
Vaid also tweeted a picture of the slain commander alongside JeM chief Masood Azhar.
Pertinently, four JeM militants, an army soldier and a police man were killed in a gunfight in Lam forests of Tral on Tuesday.
While two among the slain were local residents, the other two according to police were foreigners.
