Were 300 terrorists killed in the IAF air strikes in Balakot?
Here’s what IAF has to say.
New Delhi: As soon as the news of IAF’s airstrike on Jaish’s training camps across the border in Balakot went viral, media channels hurried and immediately concluded that over 300 terrorists were killed in the air strikes.
Various media channels citing their respective ‘sources’ went on to claim several figures and number claiming it to be the number of terrorists and trainees who were killed in the air strikes.
It started with 200 and went on up to 400 as hours passed by after the strikes. Many channels also reported that IAF ‘eliminated’ Maulana Yousuf Azhar, who is the brother-in-law of Masood Azhar, chief of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
No official data or military sources were quoted all this while by any news channel.
However, according to a report published in News Laundry on Thursday, during the joint press conference of Indian Armed Forces, which had Army’s Major General Surindar Singh Mehal, Navy’s Rear Admiral Dalbir Singh Gujral and Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor of IAF, the officials refused to confirm the exact number of terrorists killed in the strikes.
According to the report, Ajit Dubey of ANI enquired about the number of terrorists killed. To which RGK Kapoor termed it ‘premature’ to give an exact figure.
“There is fairly credible evidence with us which proves that there was damage to the camps. The weapons hit the intended target and they caused the damage that was intended. However, it will be premature to say what is the number of causalities we have been able to inflict on those camps and what is the number of death” RGK Kapoor was quoted as saying.
This statement from the official ‘source’ has now raised questioned about the credibility of ‘sources’ of news channels and has also pitched the question of ‘where did the figure of 300-400 came from’?
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
