Key Mastermind Identified: Saifullah Khalid Spent Two Months Plotting Pahalgam Terror Strike

Srinagar (The Uttam Hindu): The main conspirator behind the terrorist attack in Pahalgam area of ​​Kashmir has been identified. According to important information received from security agencies, the mastermind of this attack is Saifullah Khalid, associated with the notorious terrorist organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Saifullah Khalid is considered to be very close to international terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack culprit Hafiz Saeed. Intelligence sources have revealed that Saifullah Khalid was planning this deadly attack for the last two months. It is being told that he prepared the entire outline to carry out the attack, which included selecting terrorists, instructing them and providing logistics for the attack.

Saifullah Khalid's association with Jamaat-ud-Dawa and directly with Hafiz Saeed is an indication that this attack may have links across the border. Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a Pakistan-based organisation that has been held responsible for many terrorist incidents in India.

Security forces have been on alert since the Pahalgam attack and a massive operation is being launched to trace the attackers. Now that Saifullah Khalid's name has emerged as the mastermind, the focus of security agencies has shifted to tracking and arresting him. An intensive investigation is underway to unearth the entire conspiracy behind the attack and others involved in it. This incident once again highlights the terrorist designs to disrupt peace in the Kashmir Valley, which are being operated from a neighboring country.