Overview

• A Chinese satellite-phone activation on July 11 provided the first lead, triggering a two-week surveillance and search operation in the DachiGAM forest.
• Joint teams from 24 National Rifles, 4 PARA, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF executed a six-hour encounter on July 28 that killed Musa and two associates.
• Lok Sabha’s 16-hour debate probed Operation Sindoor’s planning, questioned the origins of the attackers and scrutinized reported aircraft losses.
• Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar credited India’s diplomacy for securing a US designation of the Resistance Front as a terrorist group and extraditing Tahawwur Rana.
• Security agencies say they continue to hunt remaining Pahalgam cell operatives while sustaining diplomatic pressure through treaty suspensions and international cooperation.