Srinagar, Sept 5: The Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Toiba Yasir killed in an encounter with troops in higher reaches of Yusmarg in central Kashmir was involved in the ambush of army and IAF convoys and civilian workers .

A security official said the search for the second holed-up terrorist is going on in the upper reaches of the forest area in Yousmarg in Budgam.
“The terrorist is suspected to be hiding behind huge boulders and natural caves in the Pir Panjal range,” he said.
The army’s elite Special Forces are assisting troops on the ground in the anti-militancy operation.
According to the officials, Yasir's presence was first detected in 2024.
“Inputs suggest his involvement in at least three major terror incidents in 2024 --- an ambush of an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Poonch district, an attack on construction workers near Sonamarg, and an attack on the army in Bota Pathri,” sources said
An IAF member was killed and four others injured when terrorists ambushed a convoy of the force in Poonch district. The attack took place near Shahsitar in Surankote area on May 4, 2024, when the troops were returning to their base at Sanai Top.
Seven people, one of them a local doctor, were killed by a terrorist group on October 20, 2024, at Gangangir in Sonamarg.
Yasir was part of the terror group led by Junai Ahmed Bhat, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, who was shot dead by security forces on December 3, 2024, in Dachigam forest on the outskirts of Srinagar.
“On October 24, 2024, Yasir and other terrorists ambushed an Indian Army vehicle in the Bota Pathri area near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, killing five people -- three soldiers and two porters,” sources said.
They said Yasir had crossed to the north of the Pir Panjal range to meet Junaid, and since the Boat Pathri encounter, he and Musa, another Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, had been hiding in the Yusmarg and Pulwama belts.
They returned south of the Pir Panjal range in the Jammu region last year, only to re-enter the Valley earlier this month.
“The search operation was launched after the army tracked the movement of the terror group advancing from Ashdar Gali in Poonch towards Pakherpora in Pulwama via Yusmarg. Following the input, Special forces and Indian Army units laid an ambush along the mountain passes at altitudes ranging between 12,000 and 15,500 feet,” sources said.
A tight cordon was established in the area on September 1, and initial contact was made on September 3 at Ashdar Gali, a remote alpine ridge.
Reinforcements have been deployed across the higher reaches as combing operations continue to track down Musa. More troops have been ranged along the Jammu side of the Pir Panjal to block all possible escape routes.