Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Police have released details about three of the four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who killed 25 tourists and a Kashmiri local at Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadows Tuesday afternoon.
Last evening, police had announced a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh in exchange for “any information leading to the neutralisation of the terrorists involved in this cowardly attack”. Identity of informers, it added, would be kept secret.
On Thursday, J&K Police confirmed that one of the four terrorists involved in the Pahalgam massacre is Adil Hussain Thoker, as ThePrint reported the previous day. Thoker is a resident of Anantnag.
The other two terrorists identified by police are Ali Bhai alias Talha Bhai and Hashim Musa alias Suleman—both referred to as “Pak national LeT” terrorists.
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Sources in the security establishment told ThePrint that the two Pakistanis are believed to have infiltrated into India a year ago and are suspected of being behind another high-profile attack reported last year.
Special forces have joined the massive manhunt for the terrorists who fled the Baisaran meadows for the higher ranges of the Pir Panjal range after singling out Hindu men and shooting them at close range.
As reported by ThePrint earlier, a group of four terrorists—armed with body cameras and AK-47 rifles—perpetrated the massacre. The killings lasted about 15-20 minutes and marked the deadliest terror attack in the Kashmir valley since 2019.
Sources in the security establishment said The Resistance Front, a front for LeT, has claimed responsibility for the attack. But officials have yet to verify the claim.
A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was at the Baisaran meadows Wednesday to carry out a preliminary probe.
On Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) decided to respond—to what it termed “cross-border linkages” of the terrorists responsible for the attack—with a slew of punitive measures including putting the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)