Tri-Service Briefing: Top Indian defence officials reveal detailed strike footage of terror camps in Muridke, Bahawalpur, PoK

In a coordinated operation involving all three armed forces, India struck nine major terror hubs across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir between May 7 and 9, killing over 100 terrorists, including high-value targets. Top defence officials, DGMO Lt General Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal A K Bharti, and Vice Admiral A N Pramod, briefed the media on May 11, on the details of the operations, asserting India’s overwhelming military edge and commitment to precision targeting.

Air Marshal A K Bharti showcased before-and-after visuals of the strikes and a detailed missile impact video of the Muridke terror camp. “We carefully selected targets and targeted terror camps in Muridke and Bahawalpur as they are at a long distance from the border,” he said. “We used precision air munitions to carry out attacks on Bahawalpur and Muridke. The objective was to target terrorist infrastructure and not the Pakistani military.”

DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said the Indian Army had "achieved total surprise" in its operation, eliminating more than 100 terrorists at nine terror hubs. “Those strikes across those nine terror hubs left more than 100 terrorists killed, including high-value targets such as Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf, and Mudasir Ahmed that were involved in the hijack of IC814 and the Pulwama blast,” he stated.

He added, “It set into motion a very diligent and microscopic scarring of the terror landscape across the borders and the identification of terror camps and training sites. The locations that emerged were numerous, but as we deliberated more, we realised that some of these terror hubs were now bereft of presence and had preemptively been vacated, fearing retribution from us... There was also a term of reference and our own binding self-imposed restriction to target only terrorists and thus prevent collateral damage.”