The houses of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, Adil Hussain Thoker and Asif Sheikh, who were behind the Pahalgam attack that killed 26, were destroyed in separate blasts in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night, officials said.
Sources said that explosives were kept inside their houses.
Thoker, a native of Anantnag district, is one of the key accused in Tuesday’s Pahalgam massacre, while Sheikh, a resident of Pulwama, is suspected to be involved in the attack conspiracy.
The Anantnag Police on Thursday had released sketches of Thoker and two other terrorists suspected to be involved in the Pahalgam attack.
The police said the other two suspects were Pakistani nationals and announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for credible information leading to their arrests.
According to the notices made public by the police on X, the other two suspects are: Hashim Musa alias Suleman and Ali Bhai alias Talha Bhai. They are also believed to be members of the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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The attack, which took place in Pahalgam’s Baisaran — dubbed “mini Switzerland” — claimed the lives of 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. The attack in Baisaran meadow — a tourist hotspot known for jaw-dropping views of the Himalayas and the Valley’s signature pine forests — was one of the deadliest assaults on civilians in the region in recent years.
