Dhar: On his 75th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive rally in Dhar, invoking India Today’s exclusive report revealing that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) had, for the first time, admitted to suffering losses during India’s Operation Sindoor.
“Pakistani terrorists had wiped the sindoor of our sisters and daughters. We carried out Operation Sindoor and destroyed the terror camps. Our brave armed forces brought Pakistan to its knees within the blink of an eye. Just yesterday, the nation and the world witnessed another Pakistani terrorist tearfully narrating his ordeal. This is a new India. It does not fear anyone’s nuclear threats. This is a new India that strikes terrorists inside their own homes,” Modi declared to loud applause.
The remarks came after India Today’s report revealed that top JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, in a now-viral video, admitted that family members of JeM chief Masood Azhar were killed in the May 7 strike on the outfit’s Bahawalpur headquarters – Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah. The operation followed the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 25 lives, and targeted eight other terror sites in what is being hailed as India’s most daring deep-strike air operation inside Pakistan.
In his confession, Kashmiri, flanked by Pakistani security personnel, acknowledged that Azhar’s family had been “torn into pieces” in the Bahawalpur attack. He further admitted JeM’s role in the Delhi and Mumbai terror attacks and disclosed that Pakistan’s Balakot region had long served as a base for Azhar’s terror missions.
Kashmiri stated, “Coming out of the bars of Tihar jail in Delhi, Amir-ul-Mujahideen Maulana Masood Azhar returns to Pakistan. To carry forward his outlook, mission, and programmes, it is the soil of Balakot that gives him shelter… The Amir-ul-Mujahideen Maulana Masood Azhar, who shook Delhi and Bombay (Mumbai), appears like this.”
