Ghazi Baba (also spelt as Gazi Baba; born as Rana Tahir Nadeem), was a top ranking commander of JeM and deputy commander of the terrorist group Harkat-ul-Ansar. He was the mastermind of the Indian Parliament attack on 13 December 2001.[1] He was also involved in two car blasts at the Army headquarters in Srinagar on 19 April 2000 and 25 December 2000, and in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing of 1 October 2001.[2][3] He was also known as Abu Jihadi, Sajid jihadi, Shahbaz Khan, Mudasir Shahbaz, Saqlain, and Abu Hijrat.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Ghazi was also reportedly involved in the kidnapping of 6 foreigners in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir in 1995.[10]
In August 2003, Ghazi Baba was killed in operation Ghazi conducted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar.[11][12][13][14]
Personal life
Ghazi Baba was born in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan in an Urdu-speaking family.[3] His father was Rana Talib Hussain.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ How a carpenter led the BSF to 2001 Parliament attack mastermind Ghazi Baba’s mirror hideout.
- ↑ Ghazi Baba, the brain behind Jaish. The Hindustan Times(19 December 2001).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Ghazi Baba was a ruthless operator'(30 August 2003).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gazi Baba: The mysterious Jaish chief. The Times of India(30 August 2003).
- ↑ Unlucky 39 helps BSF blow Baba's cover. Telegraph India(30 August 2003).
- ↑ How intelligence got it right on Ghazi Baba. The Times of India(30 August 2007).
- ↑ A Tide Of Terror. Outlook India(1 September 2003).
- ↑ Hydra-headed. The Economist(4 September 2003).
- ↑ How the BSF got Ghazi Baba(2 September 2003).
- ↑ Dec 13 mastermind killed in encounter: BSF. The Times of India(30 August 2003).
- ↑ Top Jaish commander Ghazi Baba killed(30 August 2003).
- ↑ Secret door to Gazi Baba - Burst of fire from behind dressing table. Telegraph India(1 November 2003).
- ↑ `Gazi Baba' killed in encounter: BSF. The Hindu(August 2003).Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
- ↑ Death of a terrorist. Frontline.