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Why were intelligence inputs ahead of Pulwama attack ignored? Print edition : March 12, 2021 T+ T- 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. ....
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 intelligence inputs: Frontline report The Frontline investigation revealed that there was an intelligence input just 24 hours prior to the attack warning that there could be an IED attack. By News Desk| Published: 16th February 2021 6:22 pm IST The Pulwama terror attack on February 14, 2019 claimed lives of at least 40 CRPF personnel. (Photo: Muzamil Bhat) A series of intelligence inputs were shared with concerned authorities in the week leading to the Pulwama terror attack on February 14, 2019, that claimed the lives of 40 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy, reveals an investigation by the Frontline magazine. According to the report, between January 2, 2019, to February 13, 2019, a number of intelligence inputs were shared with the authorities, warning of a Fidayeen strike as a part of the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (JeM) “Qisas mission”. ....
Pulwama terror attack happened despite two successive actionable intelligence inputs Published : February 14, 2021 15:12 IST T+ T- 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. ....