SRINAGAR: Indian police said on Monday that one of the “key conspirators” behind a suicide attack that killed over 40 paramilitary personnel in occupied Kashmir had died in a shootout with security forces. Mudasir Ahmed Khan, who was shot dead on Sunday, was described by authorities as a top commander belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) who claimed the deadly February 14 bombing in Pulwama district. Police in occupied Kashmir said that an investigation had “revealed that Mudasir was one of the key conspirators” of the deadly attack on Indian forces. Mudasir was shot in Tral — a town in Pulwama district where the suicide bombers struck — along with another gunman Indian police claimed was from Pakistan. Police said the mastermind of the convoy attack was killed on February 18 along with two other JeM associates in a shootout in occupied Kashmir.

Source: Pakistan Today March 11, 2019 13:52 UTC