Pulwama: Pulwama attack mastermind Abdul Rasheed Ghazi killed by Indian Military ,Pakistan media claims contrary

In a big breakthrough, security forces on Monday gunned down top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander Abdul Rasheed Ghazi alias Kamran, in a 12-hour-long encounter with multiple JeM terrorists in Pulwama area. Ghazi was a Pakistani national and the brain behind the Pulwama attack. TOI had reported on Sunday that Ghazi may still be in the Valley.

However Pakistani Media is claiming that Ghazi, was killed in 2007 during the Lal Masjid operation launched by the then president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.



Who was Abdul Rasheed Ghazi ?


Ghazi, who was an Afghan war veteran and an IED specialist, was the one who trained Adil Dar, the terrorist from Pulwama who drove the explosive laden vehicle into the CRPF convoy.

On January 3, TOI was the first to report about the top Jaish commander having crossed the border on December 9 and hiding in Pulwama. The security forces had intensified the manhunt for him since the attack.