Rauf Azhar killed in Bahawalpur in Operation Sindoor: Know all about Mazood Azhar's brother

Rauf Azhar, IC-814 hijacking mastermind and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist, was killed in 'Operation Sindoor' by the Indian forces. He was killed in Pakistan's Bahawalpur after India struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday morning (May 7). Rauf was the younger brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar who organised, planned and executed the IC-814 hijacking in December 1999 that finally ended after the Vajpayee government agreed to release his brother Masood Azhar and two other major terrorists, India and the United States said in their joint proposal to the UN Security Council, that detailed several attacks Azhar masterminded, from the Parliament attack to Pulwama bombing.

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