Jaish-e-Mohammed Terrorist Sajjad Khan, Close Aide of Pulwama Attack Mastermind, Arrested in Delhi

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New Delhi, March 22: A suspected terrorist of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was arrested in Delhi on Friday by sleuths of Special Cell of Delhi Police. According to initial reports, the JeM terrorist was identified as Sajjan Khan. He was arrested from the Red Fort area.

Sajjad Khan was constantly in touch with Mudasir Ahmed Khan, who is believed to be the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack. Mudasir was gunned down by security forces in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Tral area on March 11. Khan, who is on the wanted list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), was found selling shawls in the national capital.

It is worth mentioning that around 40 CRPF personnel were killed when a suicide bomber rammed into a convoy while moving from Jammu to Srinagar in Lethpora area of South Kashmir Pulwama district on February 14 around 3:15 pm. JeM claimed the responsibility of the attack. Agencies