The security organizations and the government had intelligence inputs regarding a possible terror attack on tourists staying in and around Srinagar days before the Pahalgam attack on April 22, The Indian Express reported.
10-15 days before the Pahalgam attack, combing operations were conducted around Dachigam, Nishat and adjacent areas
The security organizations and the government had intelligence inputs regarding a possible terror attack on tourists staying in and around Srinagar days before the Pahalgam attack on April 22, The Indian Express reported.
The officials - who wished to remain anonymous - told the newspaper that security was heightened in the foothills of the Zabarwan range and the Mughal Gardens in Srinagar after the intel was received.
10-15 days before the Pahalgam attack, combing operations were conducted around Dachigam, Nishat and adjacent areas, according to The Indian Express. There was no breakthrough because of this information.
바카라The police brass, including the Director General of Police, had camped in the Valley for a few days before the attack,바카라 said a top official.
바카라They had intelligence. They were anticipating an attack. They thought it would be a hotel on the outskirts of Srinagar바카라 because civilian killings have happened mostly in south Kashmir,바카라 the official said.
However, another source in the Jammu and Kashmir Police said that the intelligence inputs were not particular and only came to light only after the incident. One 바카라must not read too much바카라 into this,The Indian Express quoted the unnamed official.
바카라We could verify this after the identities of the suspects were matched with details of Kashmiris travelling to Pakistan via the Attari border. The two from south Kashmir had crossed over to Pakistan, but there was no record of their re-entry. It is likely they returned to India from the Kathua side in Jammu,바카라 said the official.
The officials have confirmed that the security institutions are confident about the involvement of four terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam attack. Two of them belonged to Kashmir.
It is also known that the local terrorists 바카라mingled바카라 with the tourists before the attack. They put together the tourists to a food court complex, where the remaining two terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, fired at them at close range, according to the officials.
바카라Clearly, the terrorists were in and around Baisaran for 4-5 days, and this could not have happened without some element of local support from certain people in the area,바카라 the official said.
The Indian Express also reported that the intelligence agencies had also received signals of wireless chatter, suggesting the terrorists were around the place. However, the intelligence could not pick up the conversation of these terrorists.
Moreover, since the terrorists have not been caught yet, the government is concerned over the possibility of armed terrorists 바카라moving around.바카라
Security forces recovered advanced weaponry from Baisaran valley where the Pahalgam attack happened. It involves sniper rifles, M-series rifles, armour-piercing bullets, suspected to be ammunition NATO troops left behind in Afghanistan, The Indian Express wrote.