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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

PoK-based Lashkar operative facing 15 cases — who is Mohd Qasim Gujjar, declared terrorist by MHA

Reasi native fled to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after facing heat. Became active again after abrogation of Article 370 & faces charge sheet for grenade attack on a BJP leader.

‘Bomb expert’ accused in 33 terror cases — who’s Abdul Karim Tunda, acquitted in 1993 blasts case

Believed to have been a key aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim & closely associated with terror outfit LeT, Tunda was acquitted by TADA court in Rajasthan’s Ajmer for lack of evidence.

Former Army man, suspected of being LeT operative, arrested from New Delhi railway station

Ahmad, who retired from Army on 31 Jan last year, is alleged to have received consignment of arms from two Kupwara men arrested by J&K police in this case, it is learnt.

Lashkar terrorist wanted for killing of Lt Ummer Fayaz shot dead in Kashmir after 7 yrs

LeT’s Bilal Ahmed Bhat was wanted terrorist & accused of killing the Army officer in 2017. He initially began as overground worker for terror outfit before climbing up the ranks.

CRPF data shows sharp drop in number of terrorists killed & active in J&K in 2023 — ‘majority from LeT’

Indian security forces killed 72 terrorists in 2023, compared to 187 in 2022 and 184 in 2021. Number of ‘active’ terrorists is 91, down from 135 in 2022, ThePrint has learnt.

Mystery killings in Pakistan in past year — India-designated terrorists, IS, Jaish & LeT operatives

Killings have similar modus operandi, with targets being gunned down usually by motorcycle-borne assailants. A suspected ISI agent was also killed in a similar manner in Nepal.

NIA attaches properties of 2 Kashmiri ‘LeT operatives involved in 2015 BSF convoy attack’

The two accused, currently under trial, are Fayaz Ahmed Itoo & Khursheed Ahmed Bhat. Seizures include four immovable properties, including ‘houses of Itoo & Bhat in Kulgam & Pulwama’. 

Hafeez Saeed confidant who trained young Lashkar recruits — all about Hanzala Adnan, shot in Karachi

Adnan, said to have been highly active in Kashmir between 2012 & 2016, allegedly orchestrated several terror attacks in the area, including Aug 2015 attack on a BSF convoy which killed 2.

Two terrorists killed in encounter after 24-hour-long encounter in J&K’s Rajouri

Four Army personnel, including two captains of special forces, died and two others were injured in the encounter Wednesday.

Weeks after seeking Indian censure of Hamas, Israel lists LeT as terror group over 2008 Mumbai attacks

Move to 'symbolize marking of 15th year of commemoration of Mumbai terror attacks'. Last month, Israel had asked India to designate Hamas as a terror group.

On Camera

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Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.