Eliminated top leadership of JeM in less than 100 hours of Pulwama attack: Army
The Army said it has eliminated the top leadership of Jaish-e-Muhammad in less than 100 hours of the Pulwama terror attack on the CRPF convoy.
Briefing media in Srinagar on an encounter in Pinglena area of the district, the commander of the 15th Corps, Lt General K S Dhillon said the JeM leadership was controlled by Pakistan and its spy agency ISI.
He said Kamran, the top commander of the JeM which carried out the attack on the CRFP convoy in Lethpora area of Pulwama on the 14th of this month has been eliminated.
He said the role of those involved in the attack is being investigated. General Dhillon informed that the injured CRPF jawans are doing well. He appealed to parents in the Valley to ask their children involved in militancy to surrender.
“We have eliminated the top commander who carried out the Pulwama attack,” Dhillon said.
3 JeM terrorists were killed in a 16-hour encounter in Pinglan in Pulwama district, about 12 km from the site of the February 14 attack. An Army major and five others were also killed.
