LeT Commander Musa Killed in Budgam, Group of Four Wiped Out

The correct answer is Budgam. The encounter took place at Gurwatkalan, which falls in the area of the Khansahib police station in Budgam district. Options A, C and D name other districts of the union territory and are wrong, though each has seen counter-terrorism operations at other times, which is exactly why they make plausible distractors. Security forces had been pursuing Musa for a long stretch, and a plan involving every stakeholder was put together once technical and human intelligence reached them about where he was and how he was moving. The encounter was not a standalone action but part of a long-sustained effort named Operation Sheruwali, which had begun in May 2026 and was still running when Musa was neutralised.

The correct answer is Operation Sheruwali, a long-sustained operation that began in May 2026 and of which this encounter was a part. Option A, Operation Mahadev, is wrong because that was the operation in which another commander of the same group, Suleman, was neutralised on 28 July 2025. Option B, Operation Asdhar, is wrong for a similar reason: Yasir was neutralised in it on 4 September 2026. Option D is wrong because no such name belongs to this sequence. Keeping the three names tied to the right commanders is the trick with this question, and the fourth member of the group, Junaid Bhat, was neutralised at Dachigam on 3 December 2024. Together these four had been active in the union territory since 2022.

The correct answer is four. With Musa gone, the entire group of four senior commanders of the outfit who had been operating in the union territory since 2022 has been neutralised. Option A is wrong and option B is the likelier trap, since three of the four had already been neutralised before this encounter, in separate actions against Junaid Bhat, Suleman and Yasir; Musa was the fourth and last. Option D is wrong because no such number is attached to this group. The group was held responsible for a series of attacks over four years, among them the Kandi attack of May 2023, the Halan attack of August 2023, the DKG attack of December 2023, the Shahsitar attack of May 2024, the Shiv Khori attack of June 2024 and the Baisaran attack of April 2025.

The correct answer is Junaid Bhat, who was neutralised at Dachigam on 3 December 2024, the first of the four commanders of this group to be accounted for. Option B, Suleman, is wrong because he was neutralised on 28 July 2025 in Operation Mahadev. Option C, Yasir, is wrong because he was neutralised on 4 September 2026 in Operation Asdhar. Option D is wrong because Asif Fauji is another name for Musa himself, the commander neutralised at Gurwatkalan in Budgam district, and the question asks about a different member of the group. The Ministry of Home Affairs credited these results to counter-terrorism work carried out in close coordination by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Indian Army and the Central Armed Police Forces.