Attacks unleashed on India by JeM chief Masood Azhar

Masood Azhar was arrested in Kashmir several decades ago and was later released in 1999 by the Vajpayee government in return for Indian Airline passengers held hostage in Afghanistan. The Jaish-e-Mohammed led by Masood Azhar has been responsible for several attacks in India. Here are the prominent ones.

The JeM carried out a suicide car bomb attack on the Army Headquarters in Srinagar (May 2000) and a similar attack on the Srinagar legislature (September 2001), killing 39 people. A series of car bombings were orchestrated by the Jaish occasionally.

Parliament attack, 2001

The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament in New Delhi on December 13, 2001. The terror groups responsible were Lashkar-e-taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, the two Pakistan based organizations. The attack led to the deaths of five terrorists, 6 police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel and a gardener - in total 14. It heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.

Pathankot terror attack

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar and two others of the Pakistan-based terror group were charged for the deadly attack on the Pathankot air force base in January. The National Investigation Agency named Masood Azhar as the mastermind of the January 2 attack. Armed terrorists hijacked a police car and entered the highly secure air force base in Punjab, killing seven security men. They were shot dead in an 80-hour operation.

Pulwama attack, Feb 2019

On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a suicide bomber  in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The deaths of 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel left the country shocked signal boosters, says telecom body.