Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended a high-level security meeting with Lieutenant J&K Manoj Sinha and officials from Srinagar on April 22, 2025. Photo: Photo: Ministry of the Interior through PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah rushed to Srinagar on Tuesday (22 April 2025) after targeted terrorist attacks on tourists in Pahalgam in South Kashmir.
A government source told Hindus.
Pahalgam terrorist attack scene
Sources said that IB’s official Manish Ranjan was reportedly appointed as a ministerial clerk in Hyderabad.
Mr. Shah is in the security situation after Chief of Police Chief Nalin Prabhat arrives at Srinagar Airport. The minister may visit Pahalgam on Wednesday, the scene of the terrorist attack.
Mr. Shah was accompanied by Delhi’s governor Manoj Sinha during the attack. Another round of security review was conducted at Raj Bhavan, Srinagar, at the end of Tuesday.
Mr. Shah posted on X before leaving: “After terrorist attacks by Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. My idea is to be with the families of the dead. Those involved in this terrorist act will not be spared, and we will seriously reduce the Creator with the worst consequences.”
The minister added that he briefed the incident to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is currently visiting Saudi Arabia. Mr. Modi spoke with the minister and urged him to take the necessary steps and visit the site.
Among the injured were an 83-year-old tourist from Tamil Nadu and a 65-year-old woman from Odisha. The local Syed Hussain Shah, a resident of Anantnag, was killed. At least 16 people were killed on the spot, while others succumbed to the hospital.
The attack was claimed by the Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let). The group established Article 370 in August 2019 to evade international censorship.
Another government official said the search was carried out in the area around the grassland where the attack occurred. The Army said in a statement that a joint search operation had been launched in the Baisran general area of ​​Pahalgam.
The attack took place after the incident in Kathua, Chamu, on March 27, Mr Shah reviewed the security of J&K from April 7 to 8, when a group of freshly infiltrated unidentified terrorists killed four policemen. During the encounter, two terrorists were killed, and as the search continued, at least three terrorists were still absconding.
Sporadic attacks have occurred in the Kashmir Valley since 2021, but the special status of Jamu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 of the Constitution was read on August 5, 2019 under Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5, 2019 by Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5, 2019.
This is the first major terrorist attack against civilians since 2019.
publishing – April 22, 2025 at 10:56 pm IST
