‘Master infiltrator, drone specialist’

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According to sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Latif had guided and facilitated the four attackers who entered the air base in January 2016 to carry out the Pathankot attack, and to disrupt the prime minister’s visit by attacking military installations in 2022. Latif, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), was the alleged key conspirator behind the 2016 Pathankot air base attack — in which three Indian Air Force personnel were killed — as well as the Sunjwan attack in 2022, in which a CISF officer lost his life. New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Shahid...