Top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘commanders’ have been eliminated in targeted action by India post the Pulwama terror attack, sources said on April 22, reports The New Indian Express. Of the 66 terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year, 27 belong to the Pakistan-based terror outfit out of which 19 were eliminated after the February 14 Pulwama attack, sources added. Within 45 days of the Pulwama attack, the entire JeM team involved in the attack neutralized through a combination of technical and human intelligence-based operations. This also includes arrest and deportation of JeM cadre who were involved in the operation, sources mentioned.
After the Pulwama attack, sources said, four JeM terrorists involved directly in the attack were killed while four others were arrested in different operations. Sources said inputs were gathered after the interrogation of around 40 JeM over ground supporters in the Kashmir valley. Top Indian security brass feels Pakistan trying to obfuscate its role in terrorist activities by projecting Jammu and Kashmir as part of a larger global jihadi narrative and next battleground after Afghanistan, sources added.