‘Pahalgam attackers eliminated’ 3 terrorists killed in Op Mahadev identified as Suleman alias Faizal, Afghani and Jibran who carried out attack

 

 

 

THREE of the terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam massacre have been eliminated by security forces in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police near Srinagar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Participating in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor, Shah said the terrorists were killed under Operation Mahadev on Monday. They have been identified as Suleman alias Faizal, Afghani and Jibran. “While Suleman was an A-category commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Afghani was also an A-category Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Jibran too was a notorious and wanted terrorist.

 

All these 3 terrorists involved in the killing of our citizens at Baisaran valley in Pahalgam have now been eliminated,” he said. To be sure about the identity of the terrorists, those detained by security forces for helping the terrorists were brought in and confirmed that the three were involved in the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Shah told the House. “People who used to supply food, provide shelter to the terrorists were detained earlier. Once the bodies of these terrorists were brought to Srinagar, they were identified by those who were detained by our agencies,” he said. The arms -- M-9 and AK-47 rifles -- recovered from the terrorists were flown to Chandigarh on Monday night in a special flight for examination at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

 

The empty cartridges found at Pahalgam and those after test firing by the recovered guns were matched by the forensic lab, Shah said. The ballistic report is with him, he added. “Six forensic experts have confirmed to me on a video call this morning that these are the same bullets used in the Pahalgam attack,” he said. NIA launches probe into killing of Pahalgam attack mastermind in Srinagar encounter: A TEAM of NIA sleuths on Tuesday launched a probe into the killing of the alleged mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack and his two associates in an encounter with security forces near Srinagar, officials said here. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrived at the Police Control Room (PCR) here early Tuesday for the identification of the bodies of the three terrorists, they said.

 

he NIA team is taking witnesses in batches of two to three people “for ensuring a cent per cent confirmation that the slain terrorists include Sulieman Shah”, officials said. Meanwhile, the operation is ongoing as intelligence inputs have suggested the presence of another group of terrorists in the area, officials said. Jibran was allegedly involved in the terror strike at the Sonamarg tunnel project at Gagangir in October last year. Seven people, including a doctor, were killed in the attack. An M4 carbine rifle, two AK rifles and other munitions were seized from the site of Monday’s encounter.