INDIA FIRST . KISHTWAR . JAHANGIR MALIK
Jammu And Kashmir Teacher Arrested For Aiding Jaish Terrorists
The accused has been identified as Mashkoor Ahmed alias Mashkoor Master.
A government school teacher from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly harbouring Pakistani terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group and providing them logistics in the Chatroo belt.
The accused, Mashkoor Ahmed, alias Mashkoor Master of Beigpora Singhpora, Chatroo, served as a teacher at Primary School Gujrari in Inderwal zone. He was appointed as a Rehbar-e-Taleem teacher in 2004 and regularised in 2009.The case stems from the February 4, 2026, encounter at Dichhar, Chatroo, in which terrorist Adil, a Pakistani terrorist, was killed. Investigation revealed that Mashkoor Ahmed sheltered terrorists and provided food and other logistical support to the Jaish group active in the area.Investigating agencies further claimed that a photograph of now-eliminated Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Saifullah Balochi, garlanded with currency notes, was taken inside the residence of the accused. Saifullah Balochi was killed along with two foreign associates during Operation Trashi-I in Chatroo on February 22 this year.Police called it the first major detention in the post-encounter probe into terror networks in Chatroo. Following his arrest, the accused was shifted to a jail outside the Kishtwar district as a security measure.
Security agencies termed the arrest a major success in the ongoing crackdown on terror networks and overground workers in the Chenab Valley.
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