Jammu and Kashmir Police have launched a fresh manhunt for Kashmir’s lone surviving local terrorist, putting up posters carrying his photograph across Lal Chowk and Pratap Park and asking the people of Srinagar to help hunt him down.
Four months after putting a Rs 15 lakh bounty on his head, police have once again put out posters of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Latief Bhat alias Mohammad Lateef Bhat, along with three other wanted terrorists
At the centre of the hunt is Mohammad Lateef Bhat, a resident of Kulgam in South Kashmir. Four months after putting a Rs 15 lakh bounty on his head, police have once again put out posters of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Latief Bhat alias Mohammad Lateef Bhat, along with three other wanted terrorists, in a renewed push to wipe out the last trace of terrorists from the Kashmir Valley. A hardened Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, Bhat is accused of orchestrating the killing of a police officer in Anantnag and targeting migrant workers in July 2026. Police had earlier announced a cash reward of Rs 15 lakh for information leading to his arrest, a bounty that still stands.
