Abdul Rauf Azhar Alvi (1974) is a Pakistani militant, the supreme commander of the jihadist Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and one of the brothers of JeM founder Masood Azhar . During the IC 814 hijacking, a flight traveling from Kathmandu to Delhi with 190 passengers was rerouted to Kandahar. To secure the hostages' release, the Indian government was compelled to free three terrorists, including Masood Azhar . A statement attributed to Masood Azhar on Wedesday said that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed when India targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed headquarters, Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah, in Bahawalpur. Also Read: Who was Abdul Rauf Azhar ... BJP's post claimed that along with Rauf , an additional 14 members of Jaish chief Masood Azhar ’s family were killed in Operation Sindoor. Abdul Rauf Azhar , the brother of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar , was a most-wanted terrorist in India, who is considered the mastermind of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in ...
