Top Jaish man Sajjad Afghani killed in Kashmir

Srinagar: Top Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorist, Sajad Afghani, has been killed in an encounter at Rawalpora in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday. DGP Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh, confirmed to IANS that Afgani, instrumental in recruiting terrorists, has been killed in the encounter that entered its third day. Besides the JeM man, the other terrorsist killed so far was identified as Lashkar affiliated Jahangir Ahmad Wani from Rakh Narapora.

IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, congratulated the Shopian police and security forces for eliminating Afghani during the three-day-long encounter that started on Saturday after specific inputs regarding presence of terrorists.