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Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the most wanted by Indian agencies
New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI) Ilyas Kashmiri, dubbed as the
new Osama bin Laden, was one of the most wanted men for Indian
security agencies for his role in a number of terror strikes
in the country including the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Kashmiri first shot to infamy when in 1994, he along
with JeM and al-Qaeda operative Omar Sheikh, involved in the
killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, kidnapped four
foreign tourists and demanded the release of Maulana Masood
Azhar, founder of JeM.
Their luck ran out when a milkman knocked at their
Ghaziabad house door and saw gun-wielding men inside.
The milkman immediately tipped off the local police
who laid a cordon around the house and informed the central
security agencies.
In the ensuing gun battle, the then Ghaziabad SHO was
killed while Sheikh was injured and arrested. However,
Kashmiri managed to escape.
Later in 1999, both Sheikh and Azhar were released in
exchange for the passengers aboard hijacked Indian Airlines
IC-814.
Kashmiri, who carried a reward of USD five million on
his head, in February 2000, killed an Indian army personnel in
North Kashmir near the LoC and beheaded him, officials said.
He did not stop there but went on to show his beastly
side by getting himself photographed with the head, which was
later circulated among his men and in the Pakistani press.
He is also known for making inflammatory speeches
about waging jihad not only in Kashmir but also in other parts
of the country.
Kashmiri's role in the 26/11 attack came to the fore
when Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley recognised one
of the voices samples of the LeT control room in Karachi as
his.
In the tape, Kashmiri was informing the LeT men that
313 brigade, commando wing of HuJI, has also been deployed to
assist them. However, it turned out that he had only lied to
the 10 attackers who claimed 166 lives.
Born in January 2, 1964 at Kotli in Pakistan-occupied-
Kashmir, Kashmiri left his studies at Allama Iqbal Open
University in Islamabad and started indulging in terror
activities to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan during which he
lost an eye and a finger.
Initially beginning his terror career with Lashker-e-
Taiba, Kashmiri developed differences with its founder Hafiz
Saeed and later formed his own Harkat-e-Jehadi Islami (HuJI).
new Osama bin Laden, was one of the most wanted men for Indian
security agencies for his role in a number of terror strikes
in the country including the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Kashmiri first shot to infamy when in 1994, he along
with JeM and al-Qaeda operative Omar Sheikh, involved in the
killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, kidnapped four
foreign tourists and demanded the release of Maulana Masood
Azhar, founder of JeM.
Their luck ran out when a milkman knocked at their
Ghaziabad house door and saw gun-wielding men inside.
The milkman immediately tipped off the local police
who laid a cordon around the house and informed the central
security agencies.
In the ensuing gun battle, the then Ghaziabad SHO was
killed while Sheikh was injured and arrested. However,
Kashmiri managed to escape.
Later in 1999, both Sheikh and Azhar were released in
exchange for the passengers aboard hijacked Indian Airlines
IC-814.
Kashmiri, who carried a reward of USD five million on
his head, in February 2000, killed an Indian army personnel in
North Kashmir near the LoC and beheaded him, officials said.
He did not stop there but went on to show his beastly
side by getting himself photographed with the head, which was
later circulated among his men and in the Pakistani press.
He is also known for making inflammatory speeches
about waging jihad not only in Kashmir but also in other parts
of the country.
Kashmiri's role in the 26/11 attack came to the fore
when Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley recognised one
of the voices samples of the LeT control room in Karachi as
his.
In the tape, Kashmiri was informing the LeT men that
313 brigade, commando wing of HuJI, has also been deployed to
assist them. However, it turned out that he had only lied to
the 10 attackers who claimed 166 lives.
Born in January 2, 1964 at Kotli in Pakistan-occupied-
Kashmir, Kashmiri left his studies at Allama Iqbal Open
University in Islamabad and started indulging in terror
activities to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan during which he
lost an eye and a finger.
Initially beginning his terror career with Lashker-e-
Taiba, Kashmiri developed differences with its founder Hafiz
Saeed and later formed his own Harkat-e-Jehadi Islami (HuJI).
