Tag: JeM

  • India born former Masood Azhar aide may well be going separate tactics

    A Hyderabad born former key supervisor of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) may now be taking a separate trail, clear of the strategies lengthy dictated via the previous regime headed via Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf Azhar.

    In keeping with new research of not too long ago created social media accounts, Farhatullah Ghauri—a key JeM operative, has been the usage of a community of on-line belongings to magnify terrorist propaganda calling on Indian Muslims to riot.

    Frequently recognized as ‘Ustad’ a number of the JeM ranks, Ghauri left India for Dubai within the mid 90s when he was once about 30 years previous. In keeping with intelligence inputs, Ghauri—a follower of JeM leader Azhar, later moved to Rawalpindi in Pakistan and has been a key participant in making plans and plotting violent assaults in India since then. The JeM operative has been believed to go through a number of surgical procedures right through his keep in Dubai to give protection to his identification.

    The file issues out a suspected concerted strive via a web based community related to Ghauri, continuously noticed posting movies in Fb teams and pages devoted to socialism, Islam, and minority rights in India. “Those teams are frequented via higher, extra mainstream audiences of home customers who’re crucial of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) dominated executive”, Ayushman Kaul, Senior Risk Intelligence Analyst at Logically seen within the file.

    The file analysed 3 Telegram channels, two related Fb pages, and 3 YouTube channels operated via the crowd and spotted that the phobia propaganda amplified by way of the ones channels consisted of professionally edited movies with voice-overs via Ghauri.

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    Even if JeM’s standard conversation type has been the usage of the social media platforms, there are particular contrasting variations that make Ghauri’s renewed marketing campaign seem to be breaking the development from the established JeM campaigns. JeM’s conversation has been targeted on its mouthpiece Al-Qalam—a weekly paper printed each Wednesday from Peshawar.

    The mag featured a typical column via Masood Azhar who wrote below the pen identify, Sadi. It additionally featured write ups and info-graphics via different key JeM ideologues. Azhar’s key confidant Maulana Talha Saif was once tasked to file readout of Azhar’s message that was once circulated over social and virtual media channels.

    Following the February 2019 Indian Air Drive airstrikes on Balakot, the mag paused newsletter of its print copies.

    Alternatively, within the following weeks, a brand new mag named ‘Medina-Medina’ was once floated via the crowd. The content material of the brand new mag has been extra taken with spiritual preaching than lack the sooner political tone of Al-Qalam.

    JeM’s social media wings, steadily use snippets of Masood Azhar’s previous audio recordings, maximum recorded earlier than yr 2015 and create contemporary multimedia propaganda subject material. Rauf remains to be the operational head of the organisation and is the second one maximum heard chief within the JeM propaganda. Talha Saif is every other distinguished voice who’s steadily featured within the terror organisation’s propaganda.

    JeM additionally attempted to sneak a proxy cellular app that was once got rid of from Google play retailer in October 2021.

    The marketing campaign development mapped via Logically, suggests a deviation from the established JeM conversation type. The manufacturing taste is visibly other from the standard JeM multimedia content material and appears nearer to the marketing campaign connected to the Inter-Products and services Public Members of the family (ISPR)—the media and exposure wing of the Pakistan military.

    Ghauri’s social media and virtual belongings have have shyed away from appearing affiliations with the JeM too. JeM’s standard manner has been to unswervingly conflict with the Indian executive and any Pakistani parts that would possibly oppose violence in Jammu and Kashmir and different portions of India. Ghauri’s social media outreach is a extra subtle data marketing campaign that fits with the recognized data campaigns related to the Pakistani established order and intelligence businesses.

    “Pakistan-backed proxy terror teams will even search to capitalize at the conflict between communal teams and those off-line incidents of unrest and incorporate them into propaganda movies. Those movies are then disseminated throughout primary social media platforms in a bid to foster the following era of home-grown extremists”, Kaul cautioned in his file.

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  • Jaish threatens to kill Mann, blow up Punjab installations

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    CHANDIGARH:  Pakistan-based terror staff Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has allegedly threatened to kill Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and has warned to explode railway stations, non secular puts and necessary installations within the state, police resources stated. 

    The alleged threats got here in two letters dropped at the railway government on Wednesday at other puts. Police resources stated the letters are written in tough handwriting and have been delivered at Sultanpur Lodhi and Ferozepur railway stations. 

    The JeM letters warned that on Might 21-23, they might blow up railway stations at Sultanpur Lodhi, Lohian Khas, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar and Ferozepur. The focused spaces additionally integrated non secular puts akin to Kali Mata Mandir in Patiala, Hanuman Mandir and Devi Talab Mandir at Jalandhar and different puts. The letters additionally threatened to focus on Leader Minister Mann but even so SAD leaders to avenge the “killing of terrorists.”

    Punjab’s Particular Director Basic of Police (Railways) Sanjeev Kalra stated the 2 letters have been won through the railway government. “We’re investigating and are in means of registering a case. Remaining yr too such threats have been made,” stated Kalra. Resources stated the railway government have passed those letters to the Govt Railway Police. 

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    The JeM letters warned that on Might 21-23, they might blow up railway stations at Sultanpur Lodhi, Lohian Khas, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar and Ferozepur. The focused spaces additionally integrated non secular puts akin to Kali Mata Mandir in Patiala, Hanuman Mandir and Devi Talab Mandir at Jalandhar and different puts. 

  • 4 terrorists, together with Pakistani commander of JeM, killed, 1 held in separate encounters in J&Okay: Police

    By means of PTI

    SRINAGAR: 4 terrorists, together with a Pakistani commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), have been killed and every other was once arrested throughout 3 separate encounters with safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police stated on Saturday.

    The encounters came about in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of Kashmir Valley, a police spokesman stated.

    In Pulwama, performing on particular data in regards to the presence of terrorists in village Chewaklan, a cordon and seek operation was once introduced by means of safety forces, the spokesman stated.

    As the quest celebration moved in opposition to native Darul Uloom Islamic seminary, terrorists hiding within fired indiscriminately upon the quest celebration by which one civilian suffered gunshot accidents.

    The injured civilian was once known as Zahoor Ahmad Shergojri, a resident of Chewklan.

    He was once taken to a sanatorium the place his situation was once said to be strong.

    The protection forces retaliated the hearth resulting in an come upon, the spokesman stated.

    “Protecting the sanctity of the establishment in thoughts, the operation was once performed with all due precautions and deliberations. Within the resulting come upon, two terrorists have been killed and their our bodies have been retrieved from the website of the come upon,” he stated.

    The slain terrorists have been known as Pakistani terrorist commander Kamaal Bhai alias Jatt and Aqib Mushtaq alias Usman Hyder, a resident of Karimabad in Pulwama.

    The duo have been affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit JeM, the spokesman stated.

    Right through every other anti-terrorist operation performed in village Wahibugh of the district, safety forces arrested an energetic terrorist, Rouf Ahmad Mir of Parigam in Pulwama, the spokesman stated.

    Incriminating subject material, fingers and ammunition, together with a pistol, two magazines, 26 rounds and 3 grenades, have been recovered from his ownership, he stated.

    The spokesman stated safety forces introduced two extra operations in village Nechama Rajwar of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and in Serch space of Ganderbal in central Kashmir, following particular details about the presence of terrorists.

    “Because the joint seek events approached in opposition to suspected spots, the hiding terrorists began firing indiscriminately at the seek events which was once retaliated resulting in encounters at each the puts,” he stated.

    Within the resulting encounters, one terrorist each and every, affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit LeT, have been killed and their our bodies have been retrieved from the websites, the spokesman stated.

    The slain terrorist on the Handwara come upon website has been known as Suhail Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Terigam in Kulgam, whilst the only killed in Ganderbal has been known as Adil Ahmad Khan, a resident of Badarkund Ganderbal.

    “As according to police data, the killed terrorists have been classified terrorists and a part of a gaggle enthusiastic about a number of terror crime circumstances, together with assaults on police/safety forces and civilian atrocities. The killed Pakistani terrorist Kamaal Bhai was once energetic since 2018 in Shopian-Pulwama spaces.

    “Terrorist Adil Khan killed in Ganderbal was once enthusiastic about assault on a BJP district vice chairman in October 2020, civilian killings in Srinagar, but even so facilitating grenade assault at Towheed Chowk and Chappargund, Ganderbal. He was once additionally enthusiastic about motivating adolescence to sign up for terror folds,” the spokesman stated.

    Inspector Common of Police of Kashmir Vijay Kumar termed the killing of the sought after Pakistani terrorist a large luck and complimented the forces for engaging in a success anti-terrorist operations with none collateral injury.

    He exhorted officials to hurry up anti-terrorist operations so that you can make the valley terror-free.

  • JeM terrorist, cop killed and 5 injured in stumble upon in Jammu and Kashmir

    By means of PTI

    SRINAGAR: A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist and a policeman had been killed and 5 folks, together with 3 squaddies, injured in an stumble upon in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, police stated.

    Safety forces introduced a cordon and seek operation in Pariwan house of the district following details about the presence of militants there, officers stated They stated the quest operation become an stumble upon after militants opened fireplace against the location of safety forces.

    Inspector Common of Police (Kashmir zone) Vijay Kumar stated one policeman and one Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist had been killed within the stumble upon “One police staff Sg Ct Rohit Chhib attained martyrdom, 3 Military squaddies were given injured. Two civilians additionally were given minor accidents. One terrorist of terror outfit JeM killed. Operation continues,” Kumar tweeted.

  • Jaish terrorist killed in Anantnag gunbattle recognized as remaining surviving Pulwama attacker

    Through IANS

    SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police mentioned on Saturday that one of the vital terrorists killed within the Anantnag stumble upon on December 30 remaining yr used to be prone to be the remaining surviving militant concerned within the Lethpora terror assault of 2019.

    The police quoted Vijay Kumar, Inspector Normal of Police Kashmir Zone, in its tweet pronouncing, “The image of one of the vital killed #Millitants in #AnantnagEncounter on Dec-Thirtieth fits with JeM most sensible commander Samir Dar, who used to be the remaining surviving militant taken with Lethpora #Pulwama #militant Assault. We’re going for DNA pattern matching: IGP Kashmir.”

    3 militants and a soldier had been killed in a nightlong stumble upon on December 30, 2021, within the Dooru space of Anantnag.

    A complete of 40 CRPF soldiers had been killed in a fidayeen assault at the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway within the Lethpora space of Pulwama district on February 15, 2019.