Pakistanis detained in India face threat of fake encounters

ISLAMABAD: After the failure of Operation Sindoor, India has once again initiated fake encounters to kill detained Pakistanis under the guise of Operation Mahadev.

According to security sources, this new covert military campaign has been launched to conceal the setbacks of Operation Sindoor.

Under this nefarious plan, the Indian regime is allegedly preparing to use innocent Pakistanis, illegally and forcibly detained, in staged encounters, falsely portraying them as cross-border terrorists, Radio Pakistan reported.

The objective of Operation Mahadev is to suppress the growing freedom movement in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and to restore the Modi government’s waning political credibility.

Security sources said India is attempting to present Operation Mahadev as a successful military initiative to erase the embarrassment of Operation Sindoor. It is worth noting that immediately following the Pahalgam false flag operation, the Indian Army reportedly began a series of staged encounters.

Earlier, on April 24 this year, two citizens of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Farooq and Muhammad Deen, were martyred in a brutal encounter by Indian forces after mistakenly crossing the border.

In press briefings held on April 29 and 30, the Director General of ISPR revealed details of 723 Pakistani nationals illegally detained in various Indian jails. Additionally, 56 Pakistanis are said to be held in secret custody by Indian intelligence agencies.

As is customary, following these alleged fake encounters, videos and photographs of the deceased, alongside planted weapons, are circulated in Indian media to support the official narrative.

Reliable reports suggest that these detainees may be coerced into making anti-Pakistan statements and confessions before the media.

Operation Mahadev appears to be a continuation of the Indian Army’s long-standing practice of fake encounters in IIOJK, where it has gained notoriety as a “fake encounter specialist.”

India, having faced humiliation in the Pahalgam false flag operation and the failure of Operation Sindoor, now seems completely disoriented.