JeM militant mastermind of Sunjawan fidayeen attack killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 5: A self styled top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Mufti Waqas, masterminded of Sunjawan fidayeen attack on Army camp was killed in an encounter by security forces in south Kashmir district of Pulwama Monday evening, a defence ministry spokesman said.
Giving details about the encounter, Col Rajesh Kalia said that based on specific intelligence of presence of a militant in the area of Hatwar, Awantipur, in Pulwama a joint specific operation was launched on Monday by 50 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF.
During the operation the mastermind of the *Sunjawan militant attack* and *Lethapore  attack* JeM operational commander *Mufti Waqas*, Cat A++, has been eliminated in a surgical operation.
There have been no Civilian casualties or Collateral Damage. This has resulted in a major dent to the designs of JeM as after elimination of their earlier operational commander Noor Mohd Tantrey  in the same area in December 17 last year, his successor too has been killed. UNI