Pahalgam Link? Device Reactivated After Months May Have Helped Detect Terrorists Near Srinagar

Last Updated:July 28, 2025, 14:35 IST

A satellite phone linked to the April 22 Pahalgam attack became active again two days ago, triggering a security operation in the Dachigam forest in Srinagar.

Security forces and officers in Jammu and Kashmir (File photo/PTI)

A communication device under scanner since the April 22 Pahalgam attack could have blown the Dachigam hideout. Top security grid sources told CNN-News18 that a suspicious call from this device, two days ago, set the alarm bells ringing.

The input was developed further, and an operation was launched in the Dachigam forest on Monday.

A Huawei satellite phone was reportedly used by the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack, but had not been used since the attack.

Intelligence agencies tracking the phone were surprised when a call was made using the device two days ago. The location of the device was found to be deep inside Dachigam, with no human habitation around it.

While agencies have not yet identified the terrorists, the suspicion is that they belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Two harbourers, identified as Parvez and Bashir Ahmed, arrested earlier by the National Investigation Agency, have also said that three Pakistani Lashkar terrorists were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Top officials in Jammu and Kashmir said that while bringing the bodies down will take time, the drone photography method is being used to ascertain their identity.

“These photos will be shown to the arrested harbourers to identify the killed terrorist," officials said.

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