JeM chief's relatives among 5 killed on Day 1 of Op Sindoor

A fugitive wanted in the IC-814 hijacking case, relatives of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, and others with key roles in banned terror groups JeM and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI:

These are among the terrorists killed on Day 1 of Operation Sindoor when Indian defence forces targeted nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), according to top officials in the security establishment.

Officials aware of the matter identified one of the slain terrorists as Mohammad Yusuf Azhar aka Ustad Ji, wanted in the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case. Azhar, also the brother-in-law of JeM chief, Maulana Masood Azhar, handled weapons training for the group, the officials added.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, in an all-party meeting on Thursday, said that at least 100 terrorists were killed in the precision strikes according to people present.