Srinagar: 20 officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police who were part of Operation Mahadev, have been awarded the “Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak” by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). All 20 officers were part of this high-risk counter-terror operation in which three Pakistani terrorists were eliminated, three months after Pahalgam terror attack

One of the terrorists is Sulieman alias Asif was the mastermind of the April 22 Pahalgam attack along with Jibran and Hamza Afghani. Jibran was involved in the Sonamarg Tunnel attack in October 2024 as well. One M4 carbine rifle, two AK rifles and other munitions were recovered from these Pakistani terrorists.

The awardees include IG Kashmir Vidhi Kumar Birdi, DIG Central Kashmir Pande Rajiv Omprakash, SSP Srinagar G. V. Sundeep Chakraborty,

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