Anantnag Police demolish structure linked to Pak-based LeT terrorist handler

Srinagar, March 22: Police in south Kashmir's Anantnag have demolished a structure linked to a Pakistan-based LeT terrorist handler, officials said today.

In a statement, the Anantnag Police said that in coordination with the District administration, they demolished an illegally constructed house and plinth at Rekha Hassanpora, reclaiming encroached state land. The property belonged to Haroon Rashid Ganie, a known terrorist handler associated with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT ), it said.

Police said Haroon has been operating from Pakistan since 2018 and “has been implicated in orchestrating terror activities aimed at undermining national security and sovereignty.”

“This operation is part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle terror networks and eradicate their support structures. Anantnag Police remains steadfast in its commitment to upholding law and order and ensuring that no individual or group misuses government land for unlawful activities. Anantnag Police will persist with strict measures against terror operatives and their facilitators, reaffirming its uncompromising stance against terrorism in the district,” the Police statement said.