New Delhi, April 24 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he wants the world to know that India will identify and punish every terrorist. Modi, in a rare English-speaking gesture, said those behind the Pahalgam terror attack and those part of the conspiracy will be punished beyond their imagination.

"Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist and their backers," Modi said in English, addressing the gathering in Madhubani in poll-bound Bihar.

Bihar is going to haveassembly electionslater this year. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also present on the occasion apart from Arif Mohammad Khan, the state's governor and other dignitaries from state and the...