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Its top brass in custody, Lashkar names new team
While Lashkars top leaders Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Yousuf Muzammil, Ahmad Bhai and Zarar Shah are said to be in Pak custody as part of the probe into the Mumbai attacks, the group is learnt to have replaced them with new commanders to resume their operations all Pak nationals who have operated in the Valley over the last decade.Top intelligence sources said four new commanders Shahji, Hyder Bhayee, Huzefa and Walid have taken over the Lashkars reins, their initial focus being the Valley and the Doda-Rajouri-Poonch belt in Jammu. Shahji was in north Kashmir after he infiltrated in the autumn of 1997. Active as Abu Anas, he was Lashkars divisional commander until he left the Valley in 2007. A resident of Bahawalpur, Shahjis name is Raza Ahmad. Hyder Bhayee, known as Bilal and Salahudin in the Valley, operated in the jungles of Bandipore in north Kashmir for eight years until he crossed over to Pakistan in 2006. His exit, in fact, led to a sharp dip in suicide attacks particularly in Srinagar city. Sources said Huzefa alias Khalid was active in Ganderbal in central Kashmir. And that his real name is Abdul Gaffar, a resident of Gujranwala. Walid was active in Lolab in north Kashmir for six years. Sources said hes the organisations top man for ammunition supply and finances. Posted by: Paul 2009-03-09 |
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