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Top Jaish man killed

By Our Staff Reporter

Jammu Sept. 17. The Jammu and Kashmir police today claimed to have killed Nasir Mehmood Awan alias Ansar, the deputy chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit, and busted a network of terrorist modules in the heart of Srinagar.

The killed militant was identified as a Pakistani national and said to be the second in command of the Jaish.

Incidentally, he was killed in the same locality where a fortnight ago Gazi Baba, the mastermind of the attack on Parliament, was located and killed.

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