Amit Shah addresses Rajya Sabha on Operations Sindoor, Mahadev; slams Congress over 'votebank' politics
Amit Shah
on Wednesday addressed the
Rajya Sabha
amid the ongoing political debate over
Operation Sindoor
, revealing details of a related
counter-terror mission
codenamed
Operation Mahadev
, which recently concluded with the elimination of high-profile
Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) terrorists.
"First of all, I would like to speak about Operation Mahadev. Two days ago, a long-running operation successfully came to an end. As part of this operation, three terrorists, Suleiman alias Faizal Jatt, Afghan, and Jibran, were neutralised by our security forces. Suleiman was an A-grade commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) unit. He had fired shots using his own rifle during the Pahalgam attack, and even during the Gagangir incident. Our security forces ensured he couldn't escape Kashmir and flee to Pakistan. Afghan was also an A-grade commander of the LeT, and Jibran was a high-ranking terrorist within the same organisation," he said in the Parliament.
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