From Lahore to Kashmir to a hair-transplant clinic: How a terrorist switched aims to fight baldness instead
A Pakistani man, Mohammed Usman Jatt, who was sent to Kashmir to execute terrorist attacks, instead sought a hair transplant. During his interrogation, he revealed that life in Kashmir was not as he had been led to believe at training camps. His shift in focus from terrorism to personal grooming led to the dismantling of an Over Ground Worker network in the region.
- ▪Mohammed Usman Jatt, alias 'Chinese', was a trained operative for the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- ▪He was arrested in April alongside another long-surviving LeT terrorist.
- ▪Jatt's original mission to carry out attacks shifted to seeking a hair transplant after experiencing life in Kashmir.
- ▪His pursuit of hair restoration led to the dismantling of an OGW network in North Kashmir and Srinagar.
- ▪Jatt expressed ambitions of obtaining Indian identification documents to flee the country.
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From Lahore to Kashmir to a hair-transplant clinic: How a terrorist switched aims to fight baldness insteadDuring interrogation, Usman Jatt ‘Chinese’ allegedly said life in Kashmir bore no resemblance to picture painted at terrorist training camps across the border.Updated on: May 17, 2026 7:10 PM ISTBy HT News DeskShare viaCopy link A Pakistani man allegedly sent to Jammu and Kashmir to set up sleeper cells and execute attacks for the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ended up doing something may not really have put on his task list — getting a hair transplant in Srinagar.The man from Lahore went to a Srinagar clinic for the procedure.
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