Hours after the Indian armed forces on Wednesday launched 'Operation Sindoor' against Pakistan as a befitting response to Pahalgam terror attack, the chief of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Maulana Masood Azhar claimed that 10 members of his family and four close associates were killed in India's missile attack on the outfit's headquarters in Bahawalpur, as per PTI.
Operation Sindoor: JeM Chief Masood Azhar Says 10 Members Of Family, 4 Others Killed At Bahawalpur Headquarter
A statement reportedly attributed to Azhar claimed the deceased included the JeM chief's elder sister and her husband, a nephew and his wife, another niece, and five children from his extended family
A statement reportedly attributed to Azhar claimed the deceased included the JeM chief's elder sister and her husband, a nephew and his wife, another niece, and five children from his extended family. Citing the statement, PTI further reported that the attack also killed one of Azhar's close associates and his mother, along with two other close companions.
"This act of brutality has broken all boundaries. There should be no expectation of mercy now", the statement added, as per PTI.
The Indian Armed Forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' in the wee hours of Wednesday targeting nine terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. The attack was launched in a retaliatory action against the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that killed 26 people.
The hideouts included Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) base Muridke which they said is a retaliatory action after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians on April 22.
In May 2019, the United Nations designated Azhar a "global terrorist" after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist the JeM chief, a decade after New Delhi approached the world body for the first time on the issue.
The elusive Azhar, who has not been seen in public since April 2019, is believed to be hiding in a "safe place" in Bahawalpur.
The group has been involved in a series of terror attacks in India, including the Parliament attack in 2001, the strike on the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in 2000, the attack on the IAF base in Pathankot in 2016 and the Pulwama suicide bombing in 2019.
(With PTI Inputs)
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