SRINAGAR, JULY 29: Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command, today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and briefed him on the successful Operation Mahadev. He was accompanied by Lieutenant General PrashantSrivastava, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 15 Corps.
The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the Army, CRPF, and Jammu & Kashmir Police for the operation’s success. This crucial mission, carried out in the challenging terrain of the Dachigam forest, resulted in the elimination of three Pakistani terrorists involved in the brutal Pahalgam terror attack.
The GOC-in-C informed that search operations had been underway in South Kashmir’s Dachigam forest for several months, following persistent reports of terrorists hiding in the area. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, special teams were mobilized. A joint operation by the Army, Jammu & Kashmir Police, and Central Reserve Police Force, supported significantly by intelligence agencies, led to the successful neutralization of the terrorists.
