India Avenges Pahalgam Massacre: Mastermind Suleiman Shah Among 3 Terrorists Killed In Op Mahadev: Sources

In a joint operation, security forces from the Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out this successful operation

Srinagar, July 29, 2025:

Security forces scored a massive win by gunning down 3 Pakistani terrorists in an encounter near Srinagar, that too at the backdrop Operation Sindoor debate that began in the Parliament yesterday.

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Two of the three terrorists were believed to be the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack in which 26 innocents were murdered in cold blood. 

One of the terrorists killed, Suleiman Shah, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, was identified as the mastermind of the April 22 terror attack that shook the nation.

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Security sources have confirmed that he was among the terrorists killed in the encounter this morning. Today’s operation, named Operation Mahadev, neutralised two other terrorists: Abu Hamza and Yasir.

The official X account of the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps earlier posted that the security forces have launched Operation Mahadev in Lidwas. “Three terrorists have been neutralised in an intense firefight. Operation Continues,” the Army said in an update, adding that the operation is not over yet.

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Yasir, too, is believed to be among the Pahalgam killers. Security forces from the Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police were part of today’s joint operation.

Interestingly, Suleiman served in the Pakistan Army and was also known as Hashim Moosa. In the aftermath of the terror attack at Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police had announced a Rs 20 lakh reward on anyone providing information about Suleiman. 

All the terrorists, it is learnt, were “high-value” targets. According to reports, the security forces acted on an intelligence input and launched the operation in the Mulnar area of Harwan. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and a combing exercise is on.

According to reports and some images, it appears that the terrorists were carrying a number of guns such as Carbine and AK-47 rifles, 17 rifle grenades and other instruments of death