Three days after the Indian Army carried out precise cross-border strikes under Operation Sindoor, the identities of five senior terrorist operatives eliminated in the mission have been confirmed. The targets included high-ranking members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), all of whom played critical roles in orchestrating cross-border attacks against India.
Among those killed was Mudassir Khadiyan Khas, better known as Abu Jundal, a senior Lashkar commander overseeing operations from the group’s Markaz Tayyaba base in Muridke. His funeral received full state honours, with a guard of honour by the Pakistan Army and floral tributes sent on behalf of the Pakistani Army Chief and Punjab Chief Minister. The funeral prayer was led by Hafiz Abdul Rauf of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and attended by a serving Lieutenant General and the Inspector General of Punjab Police.
The other operatives killed included:
Hafiz Muhammad Jameel: A top JeM radicaliser and fundraiser, and elder brother-in-law of JeM chief Masood Azhar. He headed the Subhan Allah seminary in Bahawalpur.
Mohammad Yusuf Azhar (Ustad Ji): JeM’s weapons trainer and a key figure in numerous terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir. He was also wanted for his involvement in the IC-814 hijacking.
Khalid (Abu Akasha): A Lashkar commander involved in smuggling arms from Afghanistan and executing terror strikes in Kashmir. His funeral in Faisalabad was attended by senior army officers and the local deputy commissioner.
Mohammad Hassan Khan: A JeM operative and son of Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri, he was active in cross-border infiltration and plotting attacks from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.