Overview

• DGP Nalin Prabhat announced that the militant killed on June 26 in Udhampur’s Dudu-Basantgarh forest was Haider, a senior Pakistan-based JeM commander known as Maulvi.
• Security forces said Haider infiltrated along established corridors and directed militant activities in the dense Basantgarh area for the past four years.
• Three of Haider’s associates escaped during the encounter due to poor weather conditions and the forest’s challenging terrain.
• The Jammu and Kashmir Police pledged to sustain continuous counterterrorism operations to dismantle remaining JeM networks.
• Officials stressed that timely public intelligence and community support are vital to the success of ongoing forested zone sweeps.