Operation Sindoor: Over 100 terrorists including high-value targets killed in strikes, says DGMO

Targets including Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf and Mudasir Ahmed were killed in Operation Sindoor, DGMO said. Pic/Screengrab from video of briefing/PIB

Over 100 terrorists, including high-value targets such as Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf and Mudasir Ahmed, were eliminated during Operation Sindoor on May 7, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said at a media briefing.

Nine terror targets were identified after careful deliberations and they were hit using precision weapons, he said.

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The DGMO also said that the Pakistan Army is reported to have lost 35 to 40 personnel between May 7 and 10 in the military offensives between the two sides.

He also said that the Operation Sindoor was conceptualised with a clear military aim to punish the perpetrators and planners of terror and to destroy their terror infrastructure.

"Our aim on the 7th of May was to target terrorists and their infrastructure, not any other infrastructure, especially not Pakistani civilian or military establishments, and we achieved this with precision. However, on the evening of 7th May, we were subjected to a wave of Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and small drones, which targeted both our civilian and military areas. They were successfully intercepted. While three drones managed to land, they caused minimal damage," he said.

"On the night of 8-9 May, they (Pakistan) flew drones and aircraft into our airspace all across the borders and made largely unsuccessful attempts to target numerous military infrastructure. Violations on the LoC by Pakistan also commenced yet again and precipitated into fierce engagements," he further said.

Further briefing on the operations, Air Marshal AK Bharti said that India struck Pakistani airbases, command centres, military infrastructure, and air defence systems across the entire Western Front in a coordinated and calibrated manner.

He said, "Our air defence system foiled Pakistan air force's attempts to hit our installations."

"We have downed a few Pakistani planes," he said.

"The bases we struck include Chaklala, Rafiqui, and Rahim Yar Khan, sending a clear message that aggression will not be tolerated. This was followed by strikes at Sargodha, Bhulari, and Jacobabad," he said.

He said that our focus was not on counting the casualties but on hitting the terror targets.

"Our aim was not to inflict casualties, but in case there have been, it is for them to count. Our job is to hit the target, not to count the body bags," he said.

(with PTI and IANS inputs)