Days After Operation Mahadev, Indian Army Strikes Again In J&K's Poonch; Two Terrorists Eliminated In Operation ShivShakti

Days after neutralising three terrorists involved in Pahalgam terror attack in Operation Mahadev, the security forces have eliminated two more terrorists in Operation Shivshakti on Wednesday (30 July) along the line of control (LOC) in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement on X, the Indian Army's White Knight Corps said that the alert troops observed the suspicious movement of two persons in the Poonch sector.

"Suspected movement of two individuals was observed by own troops along the fence in gen area of Poonch Sector. Gunfire exchanged. Operation under progress," the Army said.

In a later update, the Army said that in the anti-infiltration operation, codenamed ShivShakti, "alert troops of the Indian Army eliminated two terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control".

"Swift action and accurate firepower thwarted the nefarious designs. Three weapons have been recovered," the Army said.

Synergistic and synchronised intelligence inputs from own intelligence units and J&K police led to a successful operation, the Army said, adding that the operation in progress.

The encounter in Poonch comes two days after three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 innocents dead, were killed in an security forces operation, codenamed Operation Mahadev, near Srinagar.

During a debate on Operation Sindoor on Tuesday (29 July), Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Parliament that the three terrorists killed in Operation Mahadev — Suleiman, Afghani and Jibran — are the killers who shot dead innocents in cold blood in Pahalgam's Baisaran Valley on 22 April.

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