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{{Short description|Fictional account terror attack in Pulwama}}
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'''''The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case was Cracked''''' is a non-fiction book written by [[Rahul Pandita]] and published in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vij|first=RK|date=2021-07-18|title=How ‘The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur’ reopens the Pulwama case|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/how-the-lover-boy-of-bahawalpur-reopens-the-pulwama-case-7409674/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The book tells the story of a team of [[National Investigation Agency]] (NIA) sleuths cracking the [[2019 Pulwama attack]] case.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhardwaj|first=Ananya|date=1 July 2021|title=Drones threat flagged for long but govt slept over it, journalist-author Rahul Pandita claims|work=ThePrint|url=https://theprint.in/india/drones-threat-flagged-for-long-but-govt-slept-over-it-journalist-author-rahul-pandita-claims/687787/|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> The "lover boy" referred to in the title is Mohammad Umar Farooq (son of Ibrahim Athar, one of the five terrorists who had hijacked the [[Indian Airlines Flight IC 814]] in December 1999), nephew of Jaish founder [[Masood Azhar]] and a key accused in the case.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhardwaj|first=Ananya|date=2020-08-25|title=Afghanistan training, help from 12 Kashmiris, RDX from Pakistan — how Pulwama was ‘planned’|url=https://theprint.in/india/afghanistan-training-help-from-12-kashmiris-rdx-from-pakistan-how-pulwama-was-planned/489002/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Philip|first=Snehesh Alex|date=2021-07-31|title=JeM terrorist and Pulwama attack conspirator killed in encounter in J&K|url=https://theprint.in/india/jem-terrorist-and-pulwama-attack-conspirator-killed-in-encounter-in-jk/706846/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> He was killed during an encounter a month after Pulwama attack.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sandhu|first=Kamaljit Kaur|date=26 August 2021|title=NIA traces Pulwama mastermind Jaish commander Umar Farooq's al-Qaeda link|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pulwama-terror-attack-case-jem-umar-farooq-al-qaeda-1715434-2020-08-26|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=India Today}}</ref> Rakesh Balwal, the Jammu and Kashmir head of the NIA was tasked with the [[2019 Pulwama attack]] case probe at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raaj|first=Neelam|date=20 June 2021|title=3 things nailed Pulwama mastermind: Adidas jacket, Kashmiri lover, and a damaged mobile|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/3-things-nailed-pulwama-mastermind-adidas-jacket-kashmiri-lover-and-a-damaged-mobile/articleshow/83680896.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Background==
NIA managed to connect the dots at the time of the [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|abrogation of Article 370]] when a mobile phone full of lustful messages was recovered after an encounter that killed Umar Farooq.

==Key people involved==
* Mohammad Umar Farooq alias Idrees Bhai, nephew of Jaish founder Masood Azhar
* Adil Ahmad Dar, suicide bomber of [[2019 Pulwama attack]]
* Sameer Ahmed Dar aka Hanjila Jihadi (cousin of Adil Ahmad Dar)
* Mohammad Ismail Alvi alias Saifullah/ Adnan / Lamboo
* Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo
* Ammar Alvi , Umar Farooq's uncle
* Insha Jan

==Reception==
[[The Wire (India)|''The Wire'']] journalist [[Karan Thapar]] wrote of the book, "Pandita has an incredible story to tell which some may find hard to believe. Others may be sceptical [...] But there will also be many who will accept Pandita’s detailed story."<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Watch {{!}} The 'Incredible Strokes of Luck' Behind How Pulwama Terrorists Were Identified|url=https://thewire.in/books/watch-the-incredible-strokes-of-luck-behind-how-pulwama-terrorists-were-identified|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The Wire}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ghazi Baba]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/rahulpandita/status/1408666215136907266?lang=en tunnel]
* [https://twitter.com/rahulpandita/status/1421471301491773448 absconder]
[[Category:2021 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Terrorism in India]]

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