Operation Sindoor Impact: The terrible terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir shook the entire country. 26 innocent people died in this attack, most of whom were tourists. India started Operation Sindoor in response to this attack. A military campaign that targeted the strong strongholds of terror in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). But the biggest and symbolic success of this operation was to wipe out the Bahawalpur terrorist hideout of Jaish-e-Mohammed. This was the same place where Masood Azhar and his organization used to write scripts of attacks on India. Now Google Maps is written in front of this place- “permanently closed”.
Jaish-e-Mohammed’s stronghold was ‘Markaj Subhanallah’ camp
Markaz Subhanallah Camp located in Bahawalpur in Punjab province of Pakistan was the center of this attack. The hideout was a major training center of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM), which was established by terrorist Masood Azhar. This camp was running in the name of Jamia Mosque and was used for terrorist recruitment, radical training and funding.
Only debris left after the attack, Google showed ‘permanently closed’
After the attack by the Indian armed forces, the name of this entire campus has started appearing on Google Maps ‘permanently closed’. This indicates that India’s aircraft was so accurate and disastrous that this big whereabouts of Jaish are no longer left in existence. The process of showing a place ‘permanently closed’ on Google includes users report, automatic algorithms and sometimes local guides. In this case too, local reports and user flags have confirmed this information.
This hub was the planning hub of big operations of Jaish
This camp in Bahawalpur has been the center of the plan for many major terrorist attacks against India, including:
- 2001 Parliament attack
- Pathankot Airbase attack of 2016
- 2019 Pulwama suicidal attack
The hideout is located only 100 km from the Indo-Pak international border and was a few miles from the 31st core headquarters of the Pakistani Army.
The camp was vacant before the attack, Masood Azhar’s family was there
According to the Reuters report, the students were already removed from this camp due to the possibility of India’s possible attack, but Masood Azhar’s family was present there.
A statement issued by Jaish-e-Mohammed said that out of the 13 people killed, 10 were relatives of Masood Azhar.
Lashkar and Hizbul’s hideout also became target
Under Operation Sindoor, India did not only strike Jaish, but also on the locations of Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). This operation gave a clear message that India will not be a mute spectator of any terrorist attack, but will answer it on both diplomacy and military level.
Bahawalpur: Terrorist network under the shadow of Pak Army
Bahawalpur is the 12th largest city in Pakistan. This has been a long -time security challenge for India. The terrorist structure here continued to flourish under the nose of the Pakistani army, which has now come on the radar of India.