Overview
- Security forces carried out Operation Korag late Tuesday night and killed Mohammad Asif, also known as Hashim Moosa, after troops in the Korag/Yousmarg area observed suspicious movement and exchanged fire with the suspect.
- During follow-up searches in the Palmaidan area early Wednesday, the Army recovered Moosa’s body along with weapons and ‘war‑like stores’, officials said.
- Indian agencies identify Moosa as a Pakistan‑based LeT commander and report he was wanted in the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack; intelligence sources allege he had prior Pakistan Army SSG training but that claim remains part of the ongoing probe.
- The operation was the culmination of a months‑long intelligence hunt known as Operation Sheruwali that began in May 2026 and, according to the Home Ministry, removes the last surviving member of a four‑person LeT commander group active since 2022.
- Security forces continue local searches and heightened vigilance in forested Pir Panjal terrain, and investigators with the NIA and police will pursue forensic evidence and handler‑network links as legal cases connected to past attacks progress.