Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, May 7, chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet, hours after ‘Operation Sindoor’ was launched. In a joint operation by the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Navy, “precision strikes” were carried out at nine terrorist sites early on May 7.
According to several reports, PM Modi shared details on the operation and informed the cabinet that it was carried out as planned. Sources had also told IANS that the Prime Minister praised the armed forces for their “commendable job” and “immaculate execution”.
The strike, targeting terror launchpads and camps used for infiltration across the border, is being viewed as a strong message against cross-border terrorism.
The Indian Army, Navy and the Air Force, in a historic tri-services operation, carried out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, in response to the Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed on April 22. PM Modi had reportedly constantly monitored the overnight operation.
Nine sites were targeted in the strikes under the codename 'Operation Sindoor', which is attributed to be an ode to the women who lost their husbands in the Pahalgam attack.
Colonel Sophiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, in a press conference with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, said that the military strikes were carried out between 1.05 and 1.30 am, based on credible intelligence inputs and the purpose was to decimate and destroy the terror infrastructure, terror launching pads and indoctrination centres across the border.
The women officers also documented the details of calibrated and measured retaliation and gave a detailed account of terror factories operating from those centres.
(With IANS inputs)