NEW DELHI, Jan 1: The last surviving terrorist involved in the Pulwama attack in 2019 in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed, may be among the three terrorists killed on December 30 Anantnag operation.
The police said the picture of one of the slain terrorists matched with the top Jaish-e-Mohammad ultras Samir Dar, believed to be the last surviving terrorist involved in the Pulwama attack. However, to ascertain the truth, the police have decided to carry out a DNA test of the slain terrorist, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said on Saturday.
He said the picture of the slain ultra matched with that of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)’s top commander Samir Dar. “The picture of one of the killed #terrorists in #AnantnagEncounter on Dec 30th matches with JeM top commander Samir Dar, who was the last surviving terrorist involved in Lethpora #Pulwama #TerrorAttack. We are going for DNA sample matching,” the IGP said on Twitter.
Police had said three JeM terrorists were killed and their bodies retrieved from the site of the encounter that took place at Nowgam Dooru area of the South Kashmir district on Thursday.
Police had then identified those killed as Sultan alias Rayees alias Mavia (a foreign terrorist), Nisar Ahmad Khanday, a resident of Dudwangan Kapran, and Altaf Ahmad Shah, a resident of Nathipora Dooru.
The IGP had said Shah and Sultan along with another terrorist Suhail Rather were involved in an attack at Zewan Srinagar in which three policemen were killed and 11 others injured. Rather was killed in a separate encounter at Pantah Chowk on Saturday.
(Manas Dasgupta)
