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| Pic Credit- Hindustan Times Ismail Alvi (centre) is said to be the nephew of Masood Azhar |
On Saturday Morning, two Militants including a top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir's district of Pulwama. According to Police reports, the commander later identified as Mohammed Ismail Alvi, was a relative of terrorist Masood Azhar and was behind the 2019 Lethpora car bomb blast.
Mohammed Ismail Alvi, also know by his code names Adnan and Lamboo, was killed in a gunfight when a joint team of security forces cordoned off Nagberan Tarsar village in the forest area which falls under the Dachigam of south Kashmir's Pulwama after receiving a tip-off.
The militants opened fire and tried to break away. The joint team of security forces retaliated, which lead to an encounter in which both of them were killed. The identity of the second militant is still ascertain.
"Mohd Ismail Alvi was from the family of Masood Azhar. He was involved in conspiracy and planning of the Lethpora Pulwama attack and figured in the chargesheet produced by the NIA" the police qouted Kashmir IGP Vijay Kumar.
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