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Infiltration attempt in Poonch, Hizb leader killed
Posted 08 Aug 2023 11:19 AM

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Muneer Hussain, division chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead during a raid in Poonch on Monday. Another terrorist suffered a bullet wound but managed to sneak into a forest near the Line of Control, taking advantage of dense foliage, rain, and rocky outcrops, the army said. Pakistan's ISI allowed Hussain, whose body was recovered, to revive terrorism in Rajouri and Poonch, officials said.
The dreaded terrorist

Hizbul commander Muneer Hussain from Poonch went to Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir for weapons training in 1993. He returned in 1996 and went to PoJK again in 1998. He made several attacks on security guards. During the search, they found a rifle with an AK-56 magazine, a 9 mm pistol with nine cartridges, two hand grenades, and medicines. The incident took place near Pintu nullah in Degwar Terwan area of ​​Poonch along the LoC around 2 am. The army and police, who were watching the terrorists with night vision equipment, opened fire on the intruders as they approached the checkpoint. A search was conducted and an AK 56 rifle, a 9 mm pistol with a silencer, an AK-56 magazine, 10 rounds of 7.62 mm, nine rounds of 9 mm, two hand grenades, food, and medicine were recovered. It was found. A resident of Poonch, Muneer went for weapons training in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in 1993, when terrorism was at its peak in JandK. He returned to Poonch in 1996 and again went to PoJK in 1998 where he stayed. "He planned several attacks on security forces. According to police, he had two wives and children in Surankote town in Poonch," said Lt. Col. Suneel Bartwal of the Ministry of Defense in Jammu.
Muneer was a close associate of terrorist Maulana Dawood Kashmir and is said to be a close associate of Hizbul leader Syed Salauddin.

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