operation mahadev

• On July 28, Army para commandos gunned down three terrorists on the outskirts of Srinagar under the codename 'Operation Mahadev'.

• One of the dead, Suleman alias Asif, was identified as the mastermind of the April 22 Pahalgam attack.

• The other two, Jibran and Hamza Afghani, were also important targets, and Jibran had links with the Sonamarg tunnel attack in 2024.

• A cache of weapons, including an M4 carbine rifle and two AK rifles, were recovered from the encounter site.

• Additional security forces have also been deployed after intelligence inputs revealed the presence of another group of terrorists in the area.