Pakistan ID, Biometrics, Chocolate: Lashkar operators were behind the three terrorists killed in Operation Mahadev; Officials say ‘no local was included’. Bharat News
New Delhi: Security agencies said on Monday that they had a clear evidence, including the Pakistani government documents, biometric data and karachi-made chocolate, confirming that three terrorists killed after the Pahalgam attack were Pakistani citizens.The three were the senior Lashkar-e-Tabiba operators killed in an encounter in Dachigam forest near Srinagar during Operation Mahadev on 28 July. He was hiding there since the attack in Basaron Meadow of Pahalgam on 22 April, in which 26 people lost their lives. Officials confirmed that “no one was local among these terrorists.”The evidence includes the biometric data of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Voter ID Slips, Satellite Phone Log and GPS Points matching eyewitness accounts. Two Kashmiri people arrested to help confirm his role in the attack were also arrested. A senior official said, “For the first time, we have Pakistani documents issued by the government that nails the nationality of the Pahgam attackers beyond suspicion.”Terrorists were identified as Suleman Shah aka ‘Faizal Jat’ – “A + + category terrorist, mastermind and lead shooter”; Abu Hamza aka ‘Afghan’-“One grade commander and the other gunman”; And Yasir aka ‘Jibran’-“An A-Grade Commander and Third Gun.”From the pockets of Shah and Hamza, the forces recovered a laminate slip issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, linked to the electoral rolls in Lahore (NA-125) and Gujranwala (NA-79). Nadra biometric records-fingerprints in a micro-SD card of a damaged satellite phone, in the facial template and family trees, confirm their citizenship and home addresses in Koyan village near Rawalakot in Rawalakot near Rawalakot in Kasur district and Pakistan-Kabje.Other items consisted of ‘Candeland’ and ‘Chocomax’ chocolate wrappers, which were sent to Muzaffarabad, Poke of May 2024. Forensic tests confirmed that the AK-103 rifles seized from them were the same weapons used in the attack, and corresponds to DNA bodies from Pahgam.Officials said the terrorists crossed the line of control in May 2022 through Gurez sector in North Kashmir. Two assistants, Parviz and Bashir Ahmed Jothar gave him shelter overnight, before they could track Basaron to carry out the attack. GPS data from the seized device matches the firing positions described by eyewitnesses.The satellite phone record showed the night contact with handlers in Pakistan. Voice Analysis confirmed South-Kashmir chief Sajid Saifullah Jat as the main handler. He asked Rizwan Anees, the head of Rawalkot, who visited the families of the attackers on 29 July, to organize “Gheebana Namaz-e-Janaja” (Prayer of the funeral in absence).Officials say the evidence will be part of India’s doseer which will prove a direct role in Pakistan’s deadly Pahgam attack.
