The identities of the men, who belonged to the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, were confirmed by witnesses on Monday, Amit Shah said
The Indian armed forces have killed three terrorists who were involved in the April attack on tourists in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.
The identities of the trio, named as Suleman, Jibran and Afghan, were confirmed by witnesses, Shah told the lower house of the Indian parliament. The men belonged to the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), he added.
“I want to tell the parliament and the nation that those who murdered our citizens in Baisaran Valley, these three were among them and they were killed,” Shah said. “The NIA [National Investigation Agency] earlier arrested those who sheltered these terrorists. When their bodies were brought to Srinagar, we got them to identify the bodies.”
One M9 carbine and two AK-47s recovered from the terrorists were the same weapons used in the Kashmir killings, the Indian home minister said, citing tests conducted at the Forensic Science Laboratory in the city of Chandigarh.
⚡️ India Confirms Three Pahalgam Terrorists Killed During Monday Op In J&K – Home Minister Amit Shah
The bodies of the three suspects, named as Suleman, Jibran and Afghan, had their identifies confirmed by four witnesses. The NIA had also previously detained those who gave the… pic.twitter.com/Rx4GY94F1K
“The IB [Intelligence Bureau] and the army’s soldiers continuously worked on capturing signals of the ultra system [a Chinese encrypted communication system]. Finally, on July 22, the sensors established their exact location, and then the Indian armed forces finally killed them on Monday,” Shah said.
The armed forces recovered two Pakistani voter identity cards and packets of chocolates made in Pakistan from the terrorists, he added.
The Resistance Front, believed to be linked to LeT, initially claimed responsibility for the April attack that claimed 26 lives, but later denied it.
The Pakistani government has officially denied any involvement.
India responded to the attack by striking suspected terror facilities in Pakistan-controlled territory in the early hours of May 7. This led to a Pakistani retaliation and a military exchange that ended with a ceasefire three days later.
