In a significant moment, Indian’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, and Colonel Sofiya Qureshi addressed the media on Operation Sindoor, shedding light on India’s response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives on April 22.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri spoke at a press conference about India’s strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
“It was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the 22 April attack be brought to justice,” Mr Misri said.
He added that India had intelligence that “further attacks” were “impending”.
He blamed the attack on The Resistance Front (TRF), describing it as a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a group based in Pakistan that India has designated a terrorist organisation.
Col Sofiya Qureshi said the nine targets hit during Operation Sindoor were chosen based on intelligence inputs. She said “No military installations were targeted in the Indian strikes against terror.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said the locations were chosen to avoid civilian infrastructure and damage to civilians.
Responding to the misinformation circulated by Pakistan on the deaths of civilians, Col Sofiya Qureshi clarified that till now, “there are no reports of civilian casualties in Pakistan” following the Operation Sindoor.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said the Operation Sindoor was launched to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 persons dead, and their families.
She said nine terrorist camps were “destroyed” in the military action by India.
Col. Sofiya Qureshi also showed destroyed terror camps, including Mehmoona Joya camp, Sialkot – one of the biggest Hizbul Mujahideen camps – Muridke, where those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks – Ajmal Kasab and David Headley received their training, and terror site Markaz Subhan Allah among others.
