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The Print
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- The Print
‘Happy and relieved': MP man who lost his brother in Pahalgam attack on killing of mastermind
On April 22, terrorists attacked Baisaran, a major tourist spot in Pahalgam town of Kashmir, known as 'Mini Switzerland', in which 26 people were killed. Most of the deceased were tourists, including Sushil Nathaniel (58), an Indore resident. Officials said Suleman alias Asif, believed to be the 'mastermind' of the Pahalgam attack, and his two companions were killed by the Army's top para commandos on Monday (July 28) in the forests on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar under 'Operation Mahadev'. Indore, Jul 28 (PTI) A Madhya Pradesh man who lost his elder brother in the Pahalgam terror attack said on Monday the elimination of the alleged mastermind of the massacre in an encounter in J&K has brought happiness and relief to his family even as they try to come to terms with the grief. His younger brother Vikas Kumrawat expressed happiness over the elimination of the terror mastermind. Kumrawat told PTI, 'We were thinking for a long time why the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack have not been caught yet? We are very happy and relieved with the news of the Army killing the mastermind of this attack. This action is a special achievement of our government and the Army.' He, however, noted wounds caused by his elder brother's death in the terror attack were still fresh for his family and they are trying to overcome the grief, more than three months after the carnage. 'My brother will never be able to return to us, but the action taken by the government and the Army (after Pahalgam attack) was a matter of satisfaction for us,' Kumrawat maintained. Nathaniel was posted as a manager of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in Alirajpur, about 200km from Indore. He had gone to Kashmir with his wife Jennifer, daughter Akanksha and son Austin alias Goldie. PTI HWP MAS RSY This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
India Today
16-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pahalgam terrorists fired in air to celebrate after killing 26: Eyewitness
In the ongoing investigation into the recent Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, it has been revealed that terrorists were seen firing in the air to celebrate their heinous within the security apparatus said that the three terrorists who carried out the Baisaran valley attack were seen resorting to celebratory firing immediately following the carnage, indicating a brazen display of their violent breakthrough in the probe has come from a crucial eyewitness, described by officials as a valuable source of intelligence for the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The eyewitness, a local service provider who was confronted by the terrorists moments after the attack, has provided vital information that is helping to piece together the sequence of events. According to the eyewitness, two locals arrested by the NIA for providing logistical support to the terrorists were present at the valley during the attack. These individuals were reportedly managing the belongings of the three terrorists on the mentioned terrorists is a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander named Sulaiman, who is a dreaded operative wanted in connection with three other terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, including a high-profile attack on the Z Morh tunnel construction April 22, Pakistan-based terrorists opened fire on tourists in the scenic Baisaran Valley, killing 26 people. Most of the victims were tourists. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the the attack, India imposed several sanctions on Pakistan by suspending several strategic deals with the neighbouring country. These included suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, expulsion of Pakistani diplomats, shutting down of the Attari-Wagah border and more.- Ends
Business Upturn
07-07-2025
- Business Upturn
Tahawwur Rana confesses involvement in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, says he was trusted by Pakistani army
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has admitted to his role in the carnage, as per India Today TV . During questioning by the Mumbai Crime Branch at Delhi's Tihar Jail while in NIA custody, Rana claimed he was a trusted agent of the Pakistani army. As per the report, he also revealed that he and David Headley had undergone multiple training sessions with Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, which, according to him, functioned largely as a spy network. Rana further stated that LeT mainly operated as a spy network. According to India Today, sources said that Rana claimed it was his idea to open an immigration centre of his firm in Mumbai, and the financial transactions related to it were recorded as business expenses. He admitted to personally inspecting key locations like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus before the attacks. Rana believes the 26/11 carnage was carried out in collaboration with Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI. Ahmedabad Plane Crash Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
India Today
07-07-2025
- India Today
I was Pak army's trusted agent: Tahawwur Rana admits role in 26/11 Mumbai attacks
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the conspirator of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has admitted to his role in the 2008 carnage, saying he was a trusted agent of the Pakistani army, sources told India Today who is in NIA custody in Delhi's Tihar Jail, told the Mumbai Crime Branch during questioning that he and his friend and aide David Headley had several training sessions with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, sources also said that the LeT mainly worked as a spy network, they said. This is a developing story. It will be updated.- Ends
Powys County Times
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Powys County Times
Omagh victims intend to use public inquiry to ‘heap shame' on Irish Government
Victims of the Omagh bombing intend to use a public inquiry to 'heap shame' on the Irish Government for its failings over the atrocity, a barrister has said. The inquiry also heard that victims are 'sick and tired of platitudes, false assurances and broken promises' from Dublin over the bombing. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is hearing opening statements from core participants. On Tuesday the focus moved to statements from the legal representatives of bereaved families. The Real IRA bomb in the Co Tyrone town in August 1998 killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins, in the worst single atrocity in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The public inquiry was set up by the previous government to examine whether the explosion could have been prevented by the UK authorities. Speaking in Dublin, Taoiseach Micheal Martin said any claim that his Government had not co-operated with the inquiry was 'not fair comment'. He said a memorandum of understanding had been agreed with the chair of the inquiry, and the Government was 'very, very committed to co-operating fully with the inquiry and making material available to the inquiry'. Barrister Alan Kane KC delivered a statement on behalf of the families of Omagh victims represented by solicitor John McBurney. These include the families of Debra-Anne Cartwright, Olive Hawkes, Julia Hughes, Philomena Skelton, Samantha McFarland, Alan Radford, Lorraine Wilson, who were all killed in the massacre, as well as several other people who were injured. He told the inquiry: 'It is important that we always keep in focus that it was republican terrorists under the name Real IRA who planned and planted the Omagh bomb. They alone are responsible for the loss and hurt caused by it. 'On hearing the accounts of so many at the commemorative hearings, it beggars all belief as to what else was intended other than murderous carnage by leaving a bomb in a peaceful town's main street on a busy sunny Saturday afternoon where so many innocent women, children and men were likely to be. 'The preventability of the murders and injuries was at all times within the absolute control of the Real IRA.' He added: 'Our clients are of the clear belief that whatever aspects of preventability may lie at the door of the UK state authorities, blame, to a greater or lesser extent, rests with the state authorities in the Republic of Ireland. 'Our clients again renew their call for a parallel inquiry to be immediately established by the Government of the Republic of Ireland, a call that they should not be required to repeat. 'Our clients remain greatly disappointed at the lack of any commitment of the authorities in the Republic of Ireland to meaningfully assist this inquiry. 'They regard the memorandum of understanding, agreed with the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Ireland as wholly unsatisfactory. 'Our clients wish to use this inquiry to heap shame on the Government of the Republic of Ireland for their failures.' Mr Kane said there was a 'moral, human and legal imperative' on the Dublin Government to set up its own inquiry. He said: 'As a country with a professed European inclination, it is extremely regrettable that the Republic of Ireland continues to be in breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in failing to ensure there has ever been any effective investigation into the death of the people to whom they owe that duty. 'There are preventability issues which clearly arise from the territorial origin of the Omagh bomb, and the cowardly refuge which its perpetrators enjoyed within the boundaries of the Republic of Ireland.' The barrister said his clients had likened the work of the public inquiry to an MOT vehicle test. He said: 'To their disbelief, they are told only the engine can be inspected, all that exists beyond the engine, including the body, the suspension, the brakes, the contents of the boot, cannot be examined. 'Such an MOT would clearly be unfit for purpose. 'This inquiry can only examine the parts of the car made in the UK as it were, the preventability, it cannot examine the rest of the car where the terrorists sat, or the boot area where the deadly bomb was hidden. 'If this inquiry could examine the whole car then it would also be able to examine any preventability issues which fall on the Republic of Ireland state authorities and all the faults and defects in the vehicle could be identified.' The barrister referred to comments from former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern that no stone would be left unturned to bring those responsible for the 1998 atrocity to justice. He said: 'That is a promise which has significance only for the ignoring and disregarding of it which has taken place over the almost 27 years which has passed since the Omagh bombing.' Mr Kane added: 'I have the authority of those I represent to say they are sick and tired of platitudes, false assurances, broken promises and grand but empty words from the state authorities of the Republic of Ireland. 'Their resolute refusal to institute a parallel inquiry and their ongoing failure to provide real and meaningful cooperation with this inquiry speaks far louder than their words.' The barrister referred to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed between the inquiry and the Irish Government to allow access to material held in Dublin. Mr Kane said the MOU is 'redundant' due to the terms of how it was drafted. He said: 'First because the assessment of relevance is in the power of the Republic of Ireland, secondly because it only relates to relevance concerning preventability by the UK state authorities. 'This is an unacceptable yet significant escape clause for the Republic of Ireland. 'Under the memorandum the Republic of Ireland state authorities, and therefore any information which reflects badly on them, could be determined by them to be irrelevant.' He added: 'This voluntary statement of participation by the Government of the Republic of Ireland lacks any degree of real commitment and does nothing to give our clients any degree of confidence in it.'
