Masood Azhar’s kin killed in the pre-dawn attack: Govt
PM Modi briefed President and Vice President about attack
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Tuesday held a press conference and confirmed that the IAF carried out a non-military pre-emptive attack in Pakistan in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Gokhale, also confirmed that Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Moulana Yusuf Azhar alias Ustad Ghauri has been killed in the attack.
He added the government had intelligence that more Fidayeen attack were being planned to be carried out in India by Jaish and the executers were being trained at the location.
It was later reported that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefed President Ramnath Kovind and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu about the attack on Tuesday around 12 pm.
Among other reports, top intelligence sources added that about 300 trainees and top commanders of the Jaish were killed in the attack, which the intelligence sources added was a intelligence based anti-terror operation and not military operation.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
