60 raids, 9 houses demolished: Security tightens in J&K after Pahalgam attack

In 48 hours, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have demolished nine houses of terrorists or those linked to them following the Pahalgam attack . On Sunday, officials confirmed that they demolished three more houses of active terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora, Pulwama and Shopian districts.

The authorities have been cracking down on terror networks in the region after terrorists infiltrated the Pahalgam district, killing 26 civilians. According to PTI, on Sunday, the house of Adnan Shafi, who joined terrorist ranks last year, was razed in Wandina, Shopian district.

Meanwhile, another house belonging to Amir Nazir, an active terrorist, was destroyed in the Pulwama district. In the Bandipora district, authorities destroyed the house of Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Jameel Ahmad Shergojri, who has been allegedly involved in terrorism since 2016.

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Earlier on Saturday, officials destroyed the homes of four suspected terrorists in Southern Kashmir. In Shopian’s Chotipora village, they destroyed the house of Shahid Ahmed Kuttey, and in Kulgam, the house of militant Zakir was also demolished.

The house of Ahsan ul Haq Sheikh in Pulwama was razed. It is pertinent to note that Sheikh, who had travelled to Pakistan in 2018, recently infiltrated the Valley. Security forces also destroyed the home of Farooq Teewda in Kalaroos, Kupwara. Teewda went to Pakistan in the early 1990s and never returned.

Overall, since the Pahalgam attack, a total of nine homes linked to terrorists and their associates have been demolished. The authorities noted that around 16 and 18 local terrorists remain active in the region, affiliated with various terror groups.

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Apart from this, authorities have carried out more than 60 places in Srinagar on Saturday, a Jammu and Kashmir Police spokesperson told PTI. In Anantnag, mobile vehicle checkpoints have been put up across the district to monitor any suspicious movement. The search operation for terrorists who conducted the attack in Pahalgam is underway.

With inputs from ANI/PTI.