Diplomat Correspondent
SRINAGAR, DD: 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 Operation Mahadev.
He was accompanied by Lt. Gen. Prashant Srivastava, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps.
The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the Army, CRPF, and J&K Police for the successful Operation Mahadev. This crucial operation, executed in the challenging Dachigam forest, resulted in the elimination of three Pakistani terrorists responsible for the heinous Pahalgam terror attack.
GOC-in-C Northern Command informed that search operations had been ongoing in South Kashmir to Dachigam forest areas for the past few months.
There were persistent reports about terrorists hiding in this area. Recently, based on specific intelligence inputs, special teams were activated.
A joint operation was then launched by the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force, with the significant assistance of intelligence agencies, leading to the elimination of Pakistani terrorists.DD
