Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the three terrorists killed during Operation Mahadev on Monday were directly involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing debate on Operation Sindoor, Shah said, “Yesterday, the Indian Army, CRPF, and Jammu & Kashmir Police neutralised three terrorists — Suleiman, Afghan, and Jibran. Suleiman was a top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, responsible for the Pahalgam and Gagangir terror attacks. Multiple pieces of evidence support his involvement.”
He added that Afghan and Jibran were also senior Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives.
“I want to inform the House that the terrorists who killed our citizens in Baisaran Valley have now been eliminated,” Shah said.
“The people who used to supply food to them were detained earlier. Once the bodies of these terrorists were brought to Srinagar, they were identified by those who were kept detained by our agencies,” Shah added
The anti-terror operation took place in the Lidwas area, as confirmed by the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army on Monday.