Pulwama Type Suicide Attack: On February 2019 a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist A vehicle carrying explosives hit a CRPF convoy in Pulwama. In this attack 54 jawans martyred they were finished. India took revenge of this attack in a few days. At the same time, Indian security forces averted another similar suicide attack by killing three terrorists including two Pakistanis. This has been disclosed in the book ‘Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye’ written by Lt Gen KJS Dhillon (Retd), former Commander of Chinar Corps.

)Dhillon disclosed in his book

Dhillon writes in the book that many people are not aware of a similar suicide attack that was planned in February 2023 where a potential suicide bomber terrorist made a video showcasing explosives and other weapons to indicate his intentions. Main attack 31 February 2019, when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a CRPF convoy bus. in which 39 The personnel had lost their lives and many others were injured. Dhillon writes, however, that when intelligence and other agencies learned about the plans for this operation, they immediately moved to neutralize the module.

The terrorists were planning a terrorist attack

The former commander of Chinar Corps says that after the Pulwama incident, intelligence agencies, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army intensified their operations and were successful to a large extent in infiltrating the terrorist network. Were. He mentioned that the agencies were working continuously and gathering intelligence about the presence of this module of Jaish terrorists in Turigam village where they were planning the attack. Officials credit Aman Kumar Thakur, Deputy Superintendent of Police of J&K Police in Kulgam, for sharing inputs about the terrorists with the local Rashtriya Rifles (RR) unit and leading the operation with his men from the front.

The terrorists wanted to carry out the terrorist attack

Dhillon says that the army and other security agencies, which he refers to as Team Security Force, 24 February 2019 planned a joint operation on the night as they could not afford to fail in this operation. In fact, it gave the terrorists an idea of ​​their success in Pulwama Within days another suicide attack was to be carried out. Acting stealthily, swiftly and surprisingly, the joint team managed to nab three terrorists, he wrote. ,Pakistani terrorist killed

Highlighting the camaraderie between the J&K Police and the Indian Army, soldiers deployed in counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir Valley, Dhillon says that during the operation, DSP Thakur killed an Indian Army soldier. Saw Baldev Ram, who was being killed by terrorists’ bullets. Thakur took the injured soldier to safety without caring for his personal safety, but he was injured by a bullet fired by a terrorist from a hidden position. Displaying rare courage and steely determination, Thakur subsequently took off. The terrorist surrounded him more closely and eliminated him in a fierce gunfight. At the same time, the slain terrorist was identified as Noman, a resident of Pakistan, belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group.

)Had the terrorist attack not been neutralized, then…

They 34 Also mentioned the gallantry shown by Naib Subedar Sombir of RR who killed a Pakistani terrorist Osama during a close firing and laid down his life for the country. Both DSP Thakur and Naib Subedar Sombir were awarded Shaurya Chakra for their indomitable courage and gallantry in laying down their lives in the operation. Highlighting the importance of the success of this operation in Turigam village area, Dhillon says that if these terrorists are found in Pulwama 10 Had it not been neutralized a day later, it would have been a huge disaster. Dhillon says that due to the alertness and perfect coordination between the active security and intelligence agencies there, others involved in the terrorist attack were apprehended from their respective locations in real time.

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