The 26 will get peace, we'll be able to sleep: Op Mahadev soothes some Pahalgam pain

"Today, those 26 people will get peace. Today, we will also be able to sleep peacefully," said an emotional Asavari Jagdale in Pune on Tuesday. Jagdale's father was among the 26 people, mostly Indians, segregated on the basis of religion and shot dead by Pakistani terrorists in Pahalgam on April 22. Jagdale was reacting to the confirmation that the three perpetrators who killed her father in cold blood had been eliminated.

The three terrorists, including the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack were killed on July 28 at Srinagar's Mahadev Hills in a joint operation by security forces. On Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking at a debate on Operation Sindoor, confirmed that the three were the butchers of Pahalgam.

India launched Operation Sindoor to punish those behind the Pahalgam massacre, and destroyed terror camps in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and in the heart of Pakistan's Punjab.

For over three months, India was on the hunt for the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack. Success was achieved only on July 28.

The killing of the terrorists must have come as a relief and reduced the pain of the family members who saw their loved ones killed in front of them.

Aishanya Dwivedi, the wife of the Pahalgam terror attack victim, Shubham Dwivedi, spoke to India Today TV.

"After losing my husband, I could have sat back at home. I could have stayed in my shell. At one point, I didn’t want to talk to the media or anyone. But then I chose to do this—because if I don’t speak, nobody will know what I’m going through. When people see the pain I’m in, they stand with me. Because nobody wants to face what I’m facing right now," she said.

"I thank the Indian Army and the Indian government. Today, those 26 people will get peace. Today, we will also be able to sleep peacefully, and we hope that such an incident does not happen again, and peace prevails in the country," Jagdale told news agency ANI.

"The government should continue operations like Mahadev so that such incidents do not happen again," she added.

Sangita Ganbote, wife of Pahalgam victim Kaustubh Ganbote, also spoke to ANI, "We had faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi that those who did this would be caught and killed. They were killed; it is a good thing. I thank the army."

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