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One of the two terrorists killed by security forces on Monday during an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch sector has been identified as Muneer Hussain, one of Hizbul Mujahideen's division commanders.

"The killed terrorist has been identified on the basis of Police Records as Muneer Hussain. He was a dreaded terrorist and a Division Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen(HM)," Lt Col Suneel Bartwal PRO(Defence) Jammu was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The Army statement said Muneer is "the most dreaded terrorist killed in the last 10 years in Rajouri/Poonch", ANI reported.

According to the Army statement, the slain terrorist had links to Hizbul chief Syed Salauddin via Maulana Dawood Kashmir, a close confidant of Salauddin's.

The Army said that Muneer was sent by Hizbul Mujahideen leadership to revive the terror outfit in the south of Pir-Panjal. As per the Army's statement, the other terrorist killed during the failed infiltration bid has been identified as Muneer's bodyguard.

“Recently high level meeting of HM group took place in Islamabad which he attended. Agenda of meeting was revival of HM in Rajouri and Poonch. Muneer Hussain along with his body guard was sent with the agenda of reviving HM in Rajouri, Poonch / South of Pir-Panjal (SPPR). He was given a larger leadership role of Tanzeems and told to revive terrorism South of Pir Panjal”, the Army stated.

“It is evident that Pakistan is trying to send old terror veterans to JK to motivate and recruit youth thus making desperate attempts to revive terrorism,” the statement added.