Srinagar: Bagu Khan, popularly known as the ‘Human GPS’, who facilitated more than 100 infiltration attempts in the Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir, was shot dead by security forces on Saturday.
Khan, also known as Samandar Chacha, was based in PoK since 1995. One of the oldest and most prolific facilitators of infiltration, Bagu Khan, was shot dead along with another terrorist during an infiltration attempt from the Nowshera Naar area in Gurez.
Officials said that most of his infiltration attempts were successful due to his intimate knowledge of the region’s tough terrain and secret routes. This made him special for all terror groups.
Though Khan was a Hizbul Mujahideen commander, he helped every terror outfit in planning and executing infiltrations from the Gurez and neighbouring sectors along the Line of Control (LOC). Indian security forces suffered casualties, and even fatalities, during many of these attempts.
“After evading security forces for years, his luck finally ran out during the latest infiltration attempt. The killing of Bagu Khan is a major blow to the logistical network of terror outfits in the area,” an official said.
The encounter came two days after two terrorists attempting to cross the LOC in the Gurez sector in the Bandipora district were gunned down by the Indian Army on Thursday.
That encounter also took place near Nowshera Naar. In Operation Naushera Nar IV, alert troops engaged a group of heavily armed infiltrators trying to cross into Indian territory. A brief exchange of fire ensued, resulting in the elimination of two terrorists.