What is Operation Keller that India launched after Operation Sindoor?

The Indian Army launched Operation Keller successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, sidesplitting 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists connected May 13, 2025.

In a important counter-terrorism operation, the Indian Army neutralised 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists successful the Keller country of Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir. This operation, codenamed Operation Keller, was launched connected May 13, 2025.

A apical Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander was among 3 terrorists killed successful an brushwood with information forces successful Shopian territory of Jammu and Kashmir connected Tuesday, officials said. Based connected a circumstantial input astir the beingness of terrorists successful Shukroo Keller country of the southbound Kashmir district, information forces launched a cordon and hunt cognition there.

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What is Operation Keller?

Operation Keller was announced astatine astir 12:50 p.m. connected Tuesday. The cognition was launched based connected the circumstantial quality of a Rashtriya Rifles Unit astir the beingness of terrorists successful the wide country of Shoekal Keller and is presently underway, the Indian Army said.

Who are the terrorists killed successful Operation Keller? 

A elder constabulary authoritative said the terrorists belonged to LeT. He identified the 2 arsenic LeT commandant Shahid Kuttay and Adnan Shafi. The individuality of the 3rd violent is being ascertained. Kuttay, a nonmigratory of Chotipora Heerpora country of Shopian, joined the panic ranks successful March 2023. He was a class “A” violent and a apical commandant of the outfit, the authoritative said.

He said Kuttay was progressive successful respective panic incidents and anti-national activities, including the sidesplitting of a BJP sarpanch astatine Heerpora connected May 18, 2024. On April 26, days aft the Pahalgam attack, authorities razed the location belonging to Kuttay. Shafi, a nonmigratory of Wanduna Melhora country of Shopian, joined the panic ranks successful October 2024 and was a class “C” terrorist. He was progressive successful the sidesplitting of a non-local labourer astatine Wachi, Shopian connected October 18, 2024, the authoritative said.

Operation Keller follows ‘Sindoor’

The brushwood took spot amid rising cross-border tensions, pursuing India’s bold cross-border counterterrorism offensive, ‘Operation Sindoor’ on May 7, during which 9 panic infrastructure sites successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were targeted. That cognition was a retaliatory measurement for the brutal sidesplitting of 26 civilians, including tourists, successful the Baisaran meadow adjacent Pahalgam connected April 22.

Published - May 14, 2025 12:06 p.m. IST