Within hours of the terror attack on tourists near Pahalgam in J&K, Union Home Minister Amit Shah left for Srinagar Tuesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, promised that “those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice… they will not be spared”. Before boarding a special flight for Srinagar from New Delhi, Shah briefed the Prime Minister on the incident and held a meeting with officials via a video link. He will go to the incident site Wednesday morning. In a post on X, Modi said, “I strongly condemn the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is being provided to those affected. Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice… they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger.” Shah said he was “anguished by the terror attack on tourists” and “my thoughts are with the family members of the deceased”. “Those involved in this dastardly act of terror will not be spared, and we will come down heavily on the perpetrators with the harshest consequences,” he said, adding that he had briefed the Prime Minister about the incident and held a meeting with officials. He said he would “hold an urgent security review meeting with all the agencies” in Srinagar. Following the attack, the CRPF and BSF intensified their operational movements and extra deployments were made at 15 places in J&K. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said security forces have launched operations to neutralise the terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam attack. He said the perpetrators will have to pay a very heavy price for their heinous act. "Anti-terror ops launched to neutralise terrorists. Entire nation is angry and blood of our forces is boiling. I want to assure the nation that perpetrators of Pahalgam attack will have to pay a very heavy price for their heinous act. My heartfelt condolences to bereaved families," Sinha said on X.
