Srinagar: The house of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) terrorists, including the alleged prime suspect of the Pahalgam terror attack, were destroyed, reports said on Friday.
The incidents took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and the residences belonged to Aadil Hussain Thokar and Asif Sheikh at Guree village in Bijbehara and Tral respectively in south Kashmir, the officials said.
Both the houses were damaged in the explosions, leading to their destruction, the officials said.
Thokar, a resident of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, is one of the alleged key accused in Tuesday’s Pahalgam attack, while Sheikh, a resident of Tral in Pulwama district, is suspected to be involved in the conspiracy of the attack. There is no official word regarding the incident.
The family members of both men have claimed that they are not aware of the whereabouts of Thokar and Sheikh.
Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed and several injured when terrorists opened fire at a meadow near the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon.