₹10L reward announced for info terrorist Hamza

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said they had achieved a major breakthrough in the killing of a government employee in a terror attack at Kunda Tope near Shahadara Sharief in Rajouri district on April 22.

“Two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists had barged into the house of a Territorial Army official at Kunda Tope village, 2km from the Shahadara Sharief shrine at 8.55 pm on April 22,” additional director general of police Anand Jain said.

Mohammad Razaq, the brother of TA’s Lance Havaldar Tahir Khursheed, was shot dead by the terrorists after the official gave them a slip.

A criminal case under Sections 302, 120-B, 121A, 122 and 458 of the IPC; 7/27 of the IAA and 13,15,16 of the UAPA has been registered at Thanamandi police station.

“The search to track down those involved in this terror act has been intensified. We have evidence to show that one of the two terrorists involved in committing this act is a foreign mercenary, Abu Hamza,” the ADGP said.

Police along with security forces deployed in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch are working in synergy to neutralise this group and dismantle its support ecosystem, he said.

Jain said a reward of ₹10 lakh has been announced for information leading Hamza’s arrest.

According to the police dossier, Hamza is aged around 30 or 32 years, has a fair complexion with a height of 5 feet 7 inches. “Medium built Hamza has small hair (trimmed haircut) and was wearing a Pathani suit, he wrapped himself in a brown shawl and carried an orange bag,” it said.