New Delhi: The Balakot air strike by Indian warplanes in response to the Pulwama terror attack killed over 260 terrorists. Large graves were dug up to bury the bodies and a lot many bodies burnt by getting petrol from cars. Bodied were even thrown into the river to ensure no evidence were left behind.
These sensational disclosures were made by a couple of television channels on Monday morning.
Putting the figure of the terrorists eliminated in the air strike at 263, Times Now quoting sources said 263 mobile phones went dead after the air strike.
Giving a break up of the terrorists dead, it said 18 were senior commanders of the Jaish-e-Mohammad who were present at the time of the air strike. It claimed that 83 terrorists had assembled for Daura-e-Aam — the beginners’ training course, 91 terrorists had assembled for Daura-e-Khas — advanced training. A total of 25 were selected for special training as fidayeens. All were eliminated in the midnight operation by the Indian Air Force.
Further, 30 had assembled for Daura-e-Mautulah and some 18 to 20 were working staff, including cooks and barbers.
Some of the teachers and trainers present there and beleived dead are Mufti Umar, Maulana Javed, Maulana Aslam, Maulana Ajmal, Maulana Zubair, Maulana Abdul Gafur Kashmiri, Maulana Qudratullah, Maulana Qasim and Maulana Junaid, Times Now claimed.
Republic TV, on the other hand, ran an audio purported to a local resident of Balakot, who confirmed the air strike and said Pakistan had terrorised the locals there not to reveal anything.
The man in the tape was heard saying he could not establish the number of deaths in the airstrike but has seen bodies being burnt and mass graves being dug.
- His accounts are as follows:
The Internet was shut down in the Balakot area to stop photos and videos from being circulated, though some made it out
Pakistan Army restricted any doctors from treating injured terrorists
In large numbers, bodies were burnt by getting petrol from cars
Some bodies were disposed of in the nearby Kunhar river to wrap all evidence
Most of the dead terrorists were from the Jaish-e-Mohammed
Survivors of the IAF’s strike have been sent to the Waziristan-Afghanistan border
He named terrorists who were killed and the roles they played in the terror organization, including an IED expert
He said that the ISI and JeM are in fear after India’s strike.
- The names of the terrorists believed to have been eliminated are:
- Mainshah Abdar Zak, Lahore’s Major Retd Havar Rana, Altaf Ali Chaudhary from Karachi, Mudassar Ali from Rawalpindi.
- Ustad Mohsin from Bahawalpur, Datta Khel’s Tafail Dost.
- Dhannu Ali Khatak and Bahadur Khatak. They were two brothers who have been killed.
- A top commander of Jaish from Gujranwala has been killed. He was a crucial Jaish leader.
- Software expert Rana Mohsin Ali, Mianwali’s Tafiq Umar, Moin Ali, Sardar Suhail, Dera Ghazi Khan’s Capt Retd Mushtaq, Mandi Bawaldeen’s Sheheryaar Deen, a special video editor from model town in Karachi’s Tahir Ali Sheikh.
- Besides, an IED expert from Dera Ismail Khan called ‘Engineer Rana’.
