’Illegal’ house of designated Jaish terrorist razed to dust in J&K’s Pulwama

Mangalore Today News Network

Pulwama, Dec 10, 2022: The house of a designated Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant, Ashiq Nengroo, allegedly built on encroached government land, was demolished by authorities on Saturday at the New colony in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Nengroo is a commander of the proscribed terror outfit JeM and an accused in the Pulwama attack.

 

Nengroo’s two-storey house at New Colony in Rajpora was demolished by the district administration in the presence of police, officials told news agency PTI. Nengroo was declared as a "designated terrorist" by the central government in April this year.

The demolition was opposed by the militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) and officials carrying out the demolition work were threatened with dire consequences.

Police officials, however, downplayed the threats issued by the shadow outfit of the JeM, saying this was a desperate attempt by the terrorists who had been cornered.

Who is Ashiq Nengroo?

Nengroo is a wanted JeM commander and an accused in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

In April this year, the central government declared the JeM commander as a "designated terrorist" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Nengroo has been involved in the infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and has also been responsible for perpetrating various terror incidents in the Union Territory.

"He is running a terror syndicate in Kashmir and is now "engaged in a perilous campaign to orchestrate terror in Jammu and Kashmir", remote controlled from Pakistan," the ministry had said in its official release.

Courtesy: India Today