Srinagar, July 28 -- Security forces today achieved a major success when they shot dead three terrorists, one of them suspected to be an alleged mastermind behind the Baisaran Pahalgam attack, in a gun battle in the upper reaches of Dachigam on Srinagar outskirts, top sources said.
The forces achieved the success on a day when a debate on Operation Sindoor began in Parliament.
While the encounter is being termed a major success, officials have yet to confirm the identities of the three slain terrorists.
Official sources said the one of those killed is a Pakistani terrorist of Lashakr-e-Taiba Suleiman Shah alias Hashim Musa, the alleged mastermind behind the April 22 Pahalgam attack that left 25 tourists and a local dead and brought India...