Overview

• Speaking at Ran Samvad 2025 in Mhow, Maj. Gen. S. P. Vishwasrao said the April 22 attack could have been designed to draw India into a conflict or a surgical strike.
• He said the assailants targeted Hindus and told survivors to relay a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing it as an effort to create political schisms.
• The officer argued that adversaries deploy “weaponized narratives,” saying protests such as the farmers’ agitation, anti-CAA demonstrations and unrest in Manipur were leveraged to destabilise India.
• He outlined counters using the OODA loop — observe, orient, decide, act — and said the technologies and social media tactics used to craft such narratives are widely available commercially.
• Citing prior reporting, he noted that some Indian defence circles have attributed the massacre to sanction from GHQ Rawalpindi linked to Gen. Asim Munir, while he declined to discuss operational specifics.