The detailed investigation into the November 19 Nagrota encounter, in which four terrorists were shot dead, has revealed the involvement of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operational commander Kasim Jan, the main defendant in the attack on the Pathankot airbase in 2016. Jan is one of the main launch commanders for the Jaish terrorists in India and has ties to underground workers throughout southern Kashmir. He reports directly to Mufti Rauf Asghar, the de facto head of the UN-appointed global terrorist group.
According to Indian counter-terrorism officials, with the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and the resurgence of the Taliban, his ideological brother Deobandi, Jaish, has become hyperactive across the border from Jammu and Kashmir with no less than 14 specially trained terrorists waiting in Gujaranwala to infiltrate India.
“Nearly 200 terrorists of mixed tanzeems are waiting on the launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate India. We are recovering the resurgence of the Al-Badr group, as well as the creation of another Lashkar-e-Mustafa terrorist front, led by one Hidyatullah Malik, and another Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group that trains others. 23 terrorists in Jangal- Mangal Camp in Khyber-Paktunkhwa, ”said another security official.
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Data gleaned from the corps’ global positioning equipment, wireless handheld equipment and receivers reveals that the four Jaish attackers were trained in commando warfare as they walked nearly 30 km from the JeM camp in Shakargah to the Samba border and on to the truck. point at Jatwal, which is six kilometers from Samba to Kathua. This means that the attackers walked through the moonless light to the pick-up point and then headed towards Jammu and Kashmir.
“The approximate pick-up point is 8.7 km air distance from the international border and the JeM Shakargarh camp is 30 km from Jatwal. The likely infiltration route was through the Mawa village in the Samba sector, which lies between the Ramgarh and Hiranagar sectors. There are several kaccha tracks near Nonath nalla, leading to the international border from the pickup point. The nala merges with Bein nala near the Pakistani town of Chak Jaimal. It is estimated that the terrorists walked the total distance between 2.5 and 3 hours depending on the different routes, ”said a senior official.
There is evidence to indicate that they got into a truck (JK01AL 1055) between 2.30 and 3 am at night and were seen crossing the Sarore toll plaza towards Jammu at 3.44 am. The truck then moved towards Kashmir using the Narwal ring road and the security forces intercepted it at around 4.45 am at the Ban toll plaza.
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According to senior security officials, the killed terrorists were suicide bombers, as their groin area was shaved, as has been seen in the case of jihadists in previous incidents. In addition to assault rifles, below cannon rocket launchers and pistols, the four also carried 6.5 kilograms of nitrocellulose mixed with fuel oil, an explosive used in profiled charges.
While JeM’s commander, Rauf Asghar, was monitoring the attack from Bhawalpur with Qari Zarar, the launcher was Kasim Jan, who manages all of Jaish’s infiltration in southern Kashmir. The LeT used the northern Kashmir route between the Uri sector and Kupwara.
“Since Rauf Asghar is reported to be recruiting terrorists in Peshawar, the deep state of Pakistan has decided to increase levels of violence after the deep freeze in the Valley ends by the end of January 2021,” said an observer from Kashmir.
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