Was captured in 2016 also in same sector with brother
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 21: Army today shot at and injured a suspected fidayeen along the Line of control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Significantly, he had earlier also infiltrated into Rajouri from the same sector in April 2016 and was repatriated after completion of sentence.
Troops observed movement along the LoC at Sher Makri in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district this morning and became alert. They opened firing after intruder refused to surrender. He was hit by 3-4 shots in his legs and was captured in injured condition.
Intruder was shifted to the Army Hospital where he was responding to treatment.
Sources said he was on a suicide mission.
“Almost all the militants on suicide mission are clean shaved which has been observed in all fidayeen attacks. The captured intruder was also clean shaved,” they said, adding that in injured condition he was shouted that he had come to die but was injured.
He wanted that people should rescue him.
During investigations, identity of injured intruder was established as Tabarak Hussain, 26, son of Mistri Malik, a resident of village Sabzkot in Kotli district of Pakistan occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK).
Sources recalled that on April 25, 2016, Tabarak Hussain and his 15-year-old brother Haroon Ali were captured by Jhangar battalion in Nowshera sector when they were trying to infiltrate into the Indian territory in a group of three.
The third infiltrator had managed to escape back.
Interrogation of Tabarak and Haroon had revealed that Tabarak was cultivated by Pakistan army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and had worked for their Intelligence Unit for two years during which he was trained to acquire enemy information and establishing cover story in case he is apprehended.
He had also undergone six weeks training as a guide at Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) training camp at LoC at Bhimber in PoJK.
Tabarak and Haroon along with their associates were launched from Kaldio, Sabzkot in PoJK. They were carrying Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with them for planting on forward posts of the Indian Army.
However, after their arrest, both underwent 26 months sentence. After completion of jail term, they were repatriated to Pakistan via Attari-Wagah border, Amritsar.
Sources said Tabarak’s younger brother Mohammad Sayeed was also apprehended by the Indian Army in Sher Makri area of Nowshera sector on December 16, 2019 where Tabarak was nabbed today in injured condition.
Present whereabouts of Mohammad Sayeed are being ascertained.
Sources don’t rule out the possibility that some militants were planning to infiltrate into the Indian territory if Tabarak Hussain managed to sneak into the Indian side from the LoC in Nowshera sector. However, as he was captured in injured condition by the Army, rest of the militants didn’t dare to enter and the intrusion bid was foiled.
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