Abdul Rauf Azhar, Jaish Terrorist & Mastermind Of IC-814 Hijacking, Killed In Operation Sindoor

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In a massive achievement, India neutralised Abdul Rauf Azhar — operational head of Jaish-e-Mohammed and mastermind of IC-814 hijacking, in Operation Sindoor in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Thursday.

In the Punjab province, the Indian armed forces carried out strikes in Bahawalpur and Muridke, destroying the headquarters of Jaish and Lashkar — the two terror outfits that have spilled Indian blood and inflicted injuries upon India for several 

“Among those reported eliminated is Abdul Rauf Azhar — operational head of Jaishe-Mohammad, mastermind of the IC-814 hijacking, and a central figure in international jihadist networks," the officials said.

Abdul Rauf Azhar is the brother of UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar. Sources said yesterday that the Indian strikes had killed 10 family members of Masood Azhar in the Bahawalpur strikes, including his sister and brother-in-law. The Jaish terrorist released a statement confirming their elimination.

“Rauf Azhar’s role in orchestrating the IC-814 hijacking directly facilitated the release of Omar Saeed Sheikh, a key Al-Qaeda operative who went on to kidnap and murder Daniel Pearl, an American-Jewish journalist with the Wall Street Journal. Pearl’s brutal execution in 2002 shocked the conscience of the world and remains a defining example of the global threat posed by state-protected terror networks," officials said.