A  terrorist hailing from Rajouri district and involved in Dhangri terror attack on January 1 this year in which seven members of minority community were killed, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside a mosque in Pakistan-occupied Jammu-Kashmir
This was the fourth such killing of a top terrorist commander operating from across the border this year. Riyaz Ahmad alias Abu Qasim, affiliated with the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba, was one of the main conspirators behind the Dhangri terror attack on January 1. He belonged to Rajouri district and was presently operating from PoJK.