Srinagar: Top Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Sham Sofi has been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Tral city of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said the encounter broke out yesterday after security forces launched a
cordon and search operation following specific inputs about the presence of terrorists at Tilwani Mohalla Waggad in the Tral area of Awantipora. The slain terrorist was identified as Shamim Sofi aka Sham Sofi. He was the top local commander of the JeM