India Cites New JeM, LeT Videos to Accuse Pakistan of State–Militant Nexus
The MEA also reaffirmed that any India–Pakistan 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.