Big Breakthrough In Pahalgam Terror Attack Case: Two Pakistani Terrorists Killed In Operation Mahadev

Jammu and Kashmir: Chinar Corps of the Indian Army launched anti-terror Operation Mahadev in the general area of Lidwas in which three terrorists were killed including two involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.

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In a big breakthrough for the security forces in the Pahalgam terror attack case, three Pakistani terrorists have been killed in Operation Mahadev in the Harwan area near Dachigam National Park of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said on Monday. Of the three terrorists killed, two were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack. The two have been identified as Yasir and Suleiman Shah while the identity of third is yet to be ascertained.

The intense gunfight broke out with the security forces in the higher reaches of Dachigam National Park near the Mahadev peak in the Harwan area of Srinagar. "The operation is still going on in the area. The exact identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained," an army official said.

According to the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps, as reported, the gunfight began in the Lidwas area, and the operation in which three most likely foreign terrorists are killed operations is currently still underway.

"The operation is still going on in the area. The exact identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained," an army official said.

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Chinar Corps of the Indian Army launched anti-terror Operation Mahadev on Monday in the general area of Lidwas in Jammu & Kashmir.

"OP MAHADEV - Contact established in General Area Lidwas. Operation in progress" the Chinar Corp said in a previous post on X.

A joint team of Police, Army, and CRPF had launched a cordon and search operation in the forest area of Mulnaar near Mahadev.

After the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 by Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam, which claimed 26 people's lives, the anti-terrorist operations have been using cutting-edge technology, backed up with human Intelligence to defeat the nefarious designs of the terrorists.