Pro-Jaish social sites circulate Masood’s elder brother’s death news

NEW DELHI: Pro-Jaish-e-Mohammed Telegram channels connected Monday circulated quality of the decease of Maulana Masood Azhar’s elder brother, Hakim Mohammad Tahir Anwar. The origin of decease is not known.

A ceremonial connection said that the prayers volition beryllium held astatine 11 p.m. astatine Jamia Usman-o-Ali successful Bahawalpur.Sources said Anwar was 1 of the 5 brothers of Masood. If confirmed, the improvement is expected to permission a void successful Jaish’s leadership. Within the panic outfit, 2 of Azhar’s elder brothers held cardinal roles: Ibrahim Azhar managed operations successful Afghanistan, portion Tahir Anwar led equipped cadres of Jaish.Later, Anwar was made the caput of JeM’s Markaz Usman-o-Ali. The Markaz was utilized to temporarily location Masood Operation Sindoor past year. The ceremonial supplication message, which seemed to beryllium from Azhar, read: “...My beloved elder brother... Hakeem Muhammad Tahir Anwar... has passed away...”