In the single worst terror attack in the Valley, a suicide bomber rammed his Scorpio SUV laden with explosives into a CRPF bus in south Kashmir, on 14 February, 2019. The attack claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel
Acting tough on terror, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached half a dozen properties of terrorists and their associates in different parts of the Kashmir valley.
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Why were intelligence inputs ahead of Pulwama attack ignored?
Print edition : March 12, 2021
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After an encounter in which Mudasir Khan, the key conspirator behind the Pulwama attack, was killed in Pinglish village of Tral, 40 km south of Srinagar, on March 11, 2019. Photo: NISSAR AHMAD/THE HINDU
Frontline is now in possession of official documents that underscore the point that the whereabouts of the Pulwama attack’s key conspirator, Mudasir Ahmed Khan, and his nefarious intent to launch a fidayeen strike were known to intelligence agencies.
Ever since the
fidayeen attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Lethpora, Pulwama, on February 14, 2019, which claimed the lives of 40 paramilitary personnel, there have been pressing questions in people’s minds about how the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was able to carry out such a huge terror operation without the security agencies getting a whiff of it.