Message From Indian Army: ‘Jaish Leadership In Valley Eliminated. Youth Picking Up Arms Will Be Neutralised’

In a joint briefing with the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police, the Army today (Tuesday, 19 February 2019) announced that the leadership of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the Kashmir Valley had been eliminated in less than 100 hours following the terror outfit’s attack on a CRPF convoy in which more than 40 soldiers were martyred, reports ANI.

The Corps Commander of the Army’s 15 Corps, Lieutenant General Kanwaljeet Singh Dhillon, made the statement and also warned that anyone picking up arms would also be neutralised if they did not surrender.

“The convoy attack was carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad which is being controlled from Pakistan with active support of ISI and the Pakistan Army. Top JeM commanders, most of them Pakistanis, were in-charge of controlling, coordinating, fabricating and execution of this operation,” Dhillon stated.

Commenting on the further course of action following the Pulwama convoy attack and an encounter following that in which four army men including a Major were killed, the General said, "The investigation (into the CRPF vehicle attack) is at a very advanced stage. We cannot share probe details right now. We have leads on the type of explosives used but I cannot share.”

He also specifically appealed to Kashmiri mothers to keep their sons away from militancy, asking those whose sons had picked up arms to persuade them to surrender and come back to mainstream society.