Overview

• The home minister felicitated Army, CRPF and J&K Police personnel credited with July's Operation Mahadev that killed three accused in the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
• Shah said the May cross-border strikes under Operation Sindoor and the July manhunt under Operation Mahadev signaled consequences for terror masterminds.
• Officials said the NIA’s forensic lab matched weapons and ballistics to confirm the three men killed in Dachigam forest were the Pahalgam perpetrators.
• Authorities identified the militants as Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, with security briefings describing them as high-category cadres who hid near Srinagar after the attack.
• Shah added that Sindoor brought public satisfaction that Mahadev turned into confidence, while praising the growing frontline role of the J&K Police.