5 days of surveillance.
One dense apple orchard in Shopian.
And one of the most wanted men in Kashmir — cornered.
On July 3, a camera caught two silhouettes slipping through the trees of Saidpora Balla.
By July 8, one of them had a name the security grid had been chasing for months.
👉 Zakir Ahmad Ganai.
A++ category. Lashkar-e-Taiba. Top commander.
Neutralised.
Ganai wasn't just another name on a list.
He was #9 out of 14 — the wanted-poster line-up that Indian agencies released right after the Pahalgam attack shook the Valley.
One by one, that list has been getting shorter.
And today, another name got struck off. In red.
The operation reads like a slow-burn thriller:
No civilian casualties. No leaks. Just a clean, patient squeeze.
Shopian has long been Lashkar's shadow-corridor — orchards, hills, hideouts, sympathisers.
Taking out an A++ commander here isn't just a tactical win.
It's a message.
The Valley's grid is watching. The list is shrinking. And the clock is ticking on the remaining names.
Post-Pahalgam, India promised the hunt wouldn't stop until the list was zero.
Today, that number moved from 6 left… to 5.
One orchard. One operation. One less commander.
The hunt continues.
That's all for now!
