Arrested Pakistani terrorist dies of cardiac arrest in J&K's Rajouri

A Pakistani terrorist, who was arrested last month during an infiltration attempt, died of cardiac arrest on Saturday at a military hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri.

An arrested Pakistani terrorist, who was captured during an infiltration attempt two weeks ago, suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Saturday (September 3). He was being treated at a military hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri.

Identified as Tabrak Husaain, the terrorist tried to infiltrate the LoC in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district last month. He was injured in the Army's firing. India Today spoke to the terrorist in the hospital where he revealed that he was sent by Pakistan's Army to carry out the Fidayeen terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hussain, a resident of Sabzkot village in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, had confessed to their plan to attack the Indian Army Post.

Tabarak Hussain had stated that he was sent by a Colonel of the Pakistan Intelligence Agency named Col. Yunus Chaudhary, who had paid him 30,000 Pakistani Rupees. Tabarak also revealed that he, along with other terrorists, had carried two/ three close recces of Indian forward posts with an aim to target them at an opportune time.

The go ahead to target the Indian post was given by Col Yunus Chaudhry on August 21, 2022. Incidentally, the individual was earlier captured by Indian Army from the same sector in 2016 along with his brother Haroon Ali, and was repatriated on humanitarian grounds in November 2017.