The police claims about Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Sajad Afghani's death in Srinagar last week raised many an eyebrow with people arguing as to how a terrorist commander could be killed twice!
According to the police records, Sajad Afghani, the Harkat-ul-Ansar chief, was killed while attempting a jailbreak in Kotbalwal jail of Jammu on July 15, 1999.
In Kotbalwal jail, Afghani had shared space with other terrorist commanders, including Maulana Azhar Masood, who was released in later that year in December in exchange for passengers and crew of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC 814.
Afghani sustained a fatal bullet injury in the head during the foiled jailbreak attempt.
What has puzzled many is that nearly 12 years later, the same terrorist commander has been reportedly killed in an encounter.
The authorities, however, find no coincidence.
"These are just aliases given to terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir by their outfits. Abu Talha, Abu Owias, Sajad Afghani etc
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