Saifullah

In a pattern that has become familiar over the past few years, a key Lashkar-e-Taiba leader was killed by unknown gunmen just days after another one survived an assassination attempt

MLAs in the J&K Assembly demanded the handover of Rashid Ahmad Mughal's body for a dignified burial, disputing the Army's account of the Ganderbal encounter. They asserted the family's constitutional right to perform last rites, even as a magisterial inquiry is underway. Legislators also called for a judicial probe and a government statement on the incident.

Brother of Saifullah, a terror accused killed in an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) operation in Lucknow on Wednesday, has now claimed that he knew brother more than any TV news channel or journalist. He (Saifullah) had not even killed a bird, what to say of him becoming a self-proclaimed terrorist. He had no criminal record in police station of the district.

Sartaj Ahmad, father of the slain suspected terrorist Saifullah, had braced himself to receive the bad news ever since his youngest son ran away from home after being scolded and beaten up by him about two months ago. He never imagined that death would snatch away Saifullah from the family forever.

Anti-terrorist squad of the UP police on Sunday arrested an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Habibul Islam (19) aka Saifullah from Kanpur.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the whole country is proud of slain ISIS terrorist Saifullah's father Sartaj for saying "a traitor cannot be my son, straight and simple". Rajnath Singh also said the probe in the Lucknow encounter will be conducted by the NIA.

Security forces in J&K claimed "a huge success" on Sunday, shooting dead the proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen's operational commander in the Valley, Saifullah Mir alias Dr Saif, in a gunfight on the outskirts of Srinagar within six months of him succeeding the slain maths teacher-turned-terrorist Riyaz Naikoo.

Abu Saifullah, a key Lashkar-e-Taiba operative involved in multiple terror attacks in India, was killed in Pakistan's Sindh province. He oversaw LeT operations in Nepal, recruiting cadres and providing logistical support. Saifullah, known for deploying jihadis in disguise, had close ties to LeT's launch commander and was recently fundraising for Gaza.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday praised the father of terror suspect Saifullah, killed by UP ATS in an encounter on Wednesday, for condemning and disowning his son over his "anti-national" activities.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi hailed the decision of the father of suspected Islamic State (IS)operative Saifullah to refuse to accept the body of his son even as he cautioned youth against radicalisation. Saifullah was killed in an encounter in Lucknow.

The autopsy of Saifullah showed he was shot 10 times, taking number wounds on his body to 17. Mohammed Saifullah (22), native of Chakeri, Kanpur was gunned down by ATS sleuths after several rounds of firing on March 8, while he was hidden at a house in Haji Colony in Kakori.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday praised father of terror suspect Saifullah, killed by UP ATS in an encounter on Wednesday, for disowning his son over his "anti-national" activities.

An 18-member National Investigation Agency (NIA) team collected forensic evidence from the house in Haji Colony in Dubagga on Thursday where terror suspect Saifullah was gunned down on March 7.