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India Cites New JeM, LeT Videos to Accuse Pakistan of State–Militant Nexus

The MEA also reaffirmed that any IndiaPakistan engagement remains strictly bilateral.

Overview

  • Recent clips circulating on Telegram show leaders from Jaish‑e‑Mohammed and Lashkar‑e‑Taiba urging recruitment and discussing retaliation after India’s May strikes.
  • A circulated video features JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri saying close relatives of group chief Masood Azhar were “torn to shreds” in the May 7 attack.
  • Another video shows an LeT figure identified as Qaasim claiming a Punjab‑based camp destroyed during Operation Sindoor is being rebuilt and expanded.
  • JeM leaders in the videos assert that Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir instructed senior officers to attend funerals of militants killed in the strikes.
  • At a weekly briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the footage highlights a terrorist nexus with the Pakistani state and military, while recalling that May hostilities ended with a military understanding on May 10 without a US role according to Indian officials.