The residence of Ashiq Ahmed Negroo, a commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant outfit who was recently designated as a ‘terrorist’ by the Central Government was demolished by the authorities in Jammu Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday.
Officials along with cranes and bulldozers reached the New Colony in Pulwama’s Rajpora and ordered the demolition of the two-storey house.
The house of designated Militant Ashiq Nengroo demolished today at the New colony, Rajpora, Pulwama.
As per reports, the house was constructed on encroached Government land, pic.twitter.com/4y9kpPow8D
— The Kashmiriyat (@TheKashmiriyat) December 10, 2022
Quoting officials, Press Trust of India reported that the house had come up on state land. “It was demolished by the district administration in the presence of police,” the report added.
Pertinently, Nengroo is wanted in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
On April 18, Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, a dreaded was designated as a “terrorist” by the central government for his involvement in various militancy-related incidents in Jammu Kashmir.
In a notification, the Union home ministry said Nengroo has been involved in the infiltration of militants into Jammu Kashmir and has also been responsible for perpetrating various attacks in Jammu Kashmir.
Nengroo is from Pulwama in South Kashmir and is currently operating from Kotli in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Ashiq’s brother Abbas Negroo was killed during an encounter with Government forces in 2014. His third brother Reyaz Negroo is presently jailed for his involvement in a militancy case.
His youngest brother Maznoor Ahmed Negroo was, in September, found dead in the Naadpora area of Shopian under “mysterious” circumstance.
The Jammu Kashmir Police in its statement on Manzoor’s killing was due to group rivalry between militant groups. “Investigation of case is vigorously going on in a very professional manner & those terrorists involved in the crime will be identified soon & dealt strictly under law,” Jammu Kashmir police had said.