Terror outfit ‘The Resistance Front’ claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.
The TRF is a front organization for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. The National Investigation Agency identified Sajjad Gul as the mastermind of this attack. Now, reports are emerging that TRF chief Sajjad had close ties in Kerala.
Far before the delinquent ideology crept into his head, Gul had connections with Kerala. News agencies report that after completing his education in Srinagar and Bengaluru, he had come to Kerala to study a lab technician course. After completing his studies, he returned to Srinagar and established a medical lab there. He turned to terrorism while running his lab. Gul initially started by assisting with terrorist activities. Sajjad was selected and trained by Pakistan’s spy agency ISI to carry out terrorist attacks in Kashmir. He later rose to become a terrorist and became the head of the TRF.
He was caught with RDX at Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi in 2002 and was later released after spending 15 years in prison. Sajjad, who was declared a terrorist in 2022, had a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head.