The hijack operation was staged as a ruse to arrange the release of his brother Masood Azhar from Jammu Kot Balwal jail.

Masood Azhar's brother Abdul Rauf Azhar Rauf been killed in Operation Sindoor latest news: Masood Azhar's brother and Jaish-e-Mohammad chief's brother, Abdul Rauf Azhar Rauf has been killed in India's Operation Sindoor on terror targets of Pakistan. Abdul Rauf Azhar gained global notoriety with the founding of JeM in 2000 and was deputy chief of the terror organistation when it was outlawed in 2007.

Earlier, a letter allegedly sent by Masood Azhar asserted that up to 14 relatives of Masood Azhar and four of his attendants were among the slain in India's targeted strike at Pakistan's Bahawalpur on May 7. Killed in the strike were his sister, her husband, nephew, niece and others.Abdul Rauf Azhar came on to the terror scene when an Indian Airlines flight (IC-814) flying from Kathmandu to Delhi was hijacked and taken to Taliban-occupied Kandahar in December 1999.

The hijack operation was staged as a ruse to arrange the release of his brother Masood Azhar from Jammu Kot Balwal jail. Abdul Raof Azhar was already subject to US sanctions since December 2010 for working on behalf of or for the group.

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