A pattern of post-attack ‘encounters’ raises serious questions about the credibility, accountability, and timing of India’s counterterrorism narrative
Would a group of terrorists on the run from Indian security forces for over three months still be carrying the weapons they used, their Pakistani voter ID cards, and branded Pakistani chocolates? It was a remarkable coincidence that the ‘mastermind’ of the Pahalgam terror attack was killed on the very day that the much-awaited debate on Operation Sindoor — India’s retributory strike to punish the facilitators of the Pahalgam terrorist strike — was taking place.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that the mastermind of the Pahalgam strike, and another Pahalgam accused, were killed in what was dubbed ‘Operation Mahadev’ on July 29. He provided extensive ‘evidence’ to claim that Suleiman Shah indeed was the person responsible for planning and executing the April 22 attack. It was also claimed that one Jibran, killed with Suleiman Shah, had been responsible for the 2024 Sonmarg Tunnel attack.
Are the Indian people and their parliament expected to believe this shaggy-dog story?
The frequency with which Indian security forces gather intelligence, launch fancily named operations and kill ‘masterminds’ — after the event — is by now legendary. Conveniently, Shah said he had been asked by the families of those killed in the terror attack that they be shot in the head, “coincidentally, during the encounter, they were indeed shot in the head”…. Read more at:
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/operation-mahadev-dead-terrorists-tell-no-tales-3660606
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After the truth-shower 