Operation Sindoor: Masood Azhar’s Family, Aides Killed In Indian Strikes On JeM’s Bahawalpur Hub, Says Report

JeM chief Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 of his family members and four close aides were killed in an Indian airstrike targeting Bahawalpur, according to a BBC Urdu report, India Today reported.

At 1.05 am on Wednesday (7 May), India conducted coordinated airstrikes on nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, targeting JeM, LeT, and Hizbul Mujahideen facilities.

Among the targets, Bahawalpur’s Subhan Allah complex was a key site struck under ‘Operation Sindoor’—India’s retaliatory operation following the Pahalgam massacre where 26, mostly tourists, were killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists.

BBC Urdu cited a statement from Azhar stating the dead included his elder sister and her husband, a nephew and his wife, a niece, and five children from his family.

Azhar also claimed the deaths of a close aide, his mother, and two other associates in the same strike.

Located 400 km from Lahore, Bahawalpur is Pakistan’s 12th largest city and also JeM’s ideological nerve centre.

The Subhan Allah camp, which houses the mosque, has been destroyed in the Indian military strikes.

The remains of the mosque at the site include shattered walls, gaping holes, and widespread debris.

Spanning 18 acres, the Subhan Allah camp—also called the Usman-o-Ali campus—functioned as a key JeM hub for indoctrination, fundraising, and terror recruitment.

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