LeT Operative Umer Harris Flees India

Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Umer Harris, alias 'Khargosh', reportedly fled India to Saudi Arabia using a forged passport. Investigations by India — Srinagar uncovered a wider inter-state terror module involving fake identities and infiltration routes. The case, likely to be taken over by the India — National Investigation Agency, has exposed systemic loopholes in India's passport verification system. Harris, originally from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, joined Lashkar-e-Taiba to evade arson charges and was pushed into Jammu and Kashmir in 2012. He married the daughter of an Lashkar-e-Taiba Over Ground Worker in Jaipur under an assumed name, Sajjad, using the marriage documents to support his fraudulent passport application. Efforts are underway through diplomatic channels to secure his deportation from Saudi Arabia. The operation led to the arrest of five individuals, including Pakistani terrorists Abdullah and Usman, and three Srinagar residents Mohammad Naqeeb Bhat, Adil Rashid Bhat, and Ghulam Mohammed Mir, who provided logistical support. The investigation, monitored by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, also unveiled the funding and financial patterns of Lashkar-e-Taiba. This bust follows the dismantling of the 'Al Falah module' six months prior, which involved radicalized professionals and a deadly car bombing by Umar Un Nabi.