Jammu, July 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday confirmed that security forces on Monday killed three Pakistani terrorists involved in the gruesome Pahalgam terror attack.
The operation was launched following a suspicious communication intercepted by intelligence agencies on July 11 in the Harwan area near Dachigam, according to officials familiar with the development. The intercept reportedly linked the user of the communication device to the Pahalgam massacre, prompting a massive combing operation by the Army and paramilitary forces.
After nearly 17 days of search and surveillance, a joint team of the 24 Rashtriya Rifles and 4 Para Commandos located and neutralized the three terrorists around 11:30 am on Monday in a forested ...