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Pulwama Attack Happened Despite Reliable Intelligence Inputs: Report
Had the authorities successfully acted upon the intelligence input trail received between January 2, 2019 and February 13, 2019, the Pulwama terror strike could have been staved off , a report in Frontline magazine has noted.
The site of the Pulwama attack. Photo: PTI/Files
New Delhi:Â An investigative report on the 2019 Pulwama terror strike by
Frontline has revealed that a series of intelligence inputs shared with authorities responsible for maintaining internal security, including the Jammu and Kashmir Police, between January 2, 2019 and February 13, 2019 “were not acted upon or at least not acted upon successfully”, resulting in the killing of 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers.
Pulwama terror attack happened despite two successive actionable intelligence inputs
Published : February 14, 2021 15:12 IST
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On February 14, 2019, securitymen inspect the destruction at the site of a blast set off by a suicide bomber in the Lethpora area in south Kashmir s Pulwama district some 20 km from Srinagar, in which 40 security men were killed. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
A year-long investigation by ‘Frontline’ reveals that between January 2 and February 13, 2019, a series of intelligence inputs were shared with various authorities responsible for maintaining internal security, all pointing to an impending fidayeen strike as part of the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s “Qisas mission”. At least two inputs carried details of the terror module led by Mudasir Ahmed Khan, which eventually carried out the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019.