Overview

• The agency says the meadow was selected for its heavy tourist footfall, relative isolation and the expectation of a slower security response.
• Officials clarified that exactly three terrorists carried out the April 22 massacre, countering earlier accounts that suggested a larger squad.
• The attack in Baisaran killed 26 tourists in a targeted shooting at a popular picnic and pony-riding spot near Pahalgam.
• Two local men, Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, were arrested for providing food and shelter, with Rs 3,000 paid for support as a chargesheet is prepared.
• The assailants were identified as Pakistani members of Lashkar-e-Taiba and were tracked to the Dachigam-Harwan belt before being killed on July 28 in Operation Mahadev.