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JeM's Azhar toured UK, Gulf, Africa to collect money for Kashmiri militants

Azhar had procured a Pakistani passport in his real name and original address in 1986 before arriving in India in 1994

Masood Azhar
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Masood Azhar

Press Trust of India
Terror mastermind Masood Azhar had undertaken a month-long sojourn to England to collect funds for militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir and received Rs 15 lakh (Pakistani currency), though he got a "very poor" response while travelling to Sharjah and Saudi Arabia before arriving in India in 1994.

Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammad, responsible for a series of terror strikes in India including the attack on Parliament in 2001 and a CRPF convoy in Pulwama last month, had procured a Pakistani passport in his real name and original address in 1986 and had extensively toured African and Gulf countries where he