Operation Mahadev: Pahalgam terror mastermind Sulieman killed in encounter on Srinagar's outskirts, say officials

In a high-stakes encounter on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian forces gunned down three terrorists, including Hashim Musa, the alleged mastermind of the April Pahalgam attack. The operation, named Mahadev, followed two weeks of tracking and a key satellite phone signal. Musa, a former Pakistan Army para-commando turned Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, was killed along with two associates, Jibran and Hamza Afghani. Their deaths mark a major breakthrough in Indias ongoing counter-terror campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.