India claims to have hit religious organization sites inside Pakistan 

India claims precision strikes targeted religious centres allegedly linked to cross-border militancy

NEW DELHI, India (MNTV)  – India has claimed to have struck multiple sites inside Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in a coordinated overnight air operation.

 Code-named Operation Sindoor, officials said they targeted what they call as “militant infrastructure” operated by religious organisations it alleges are linked to attacks on Indian soil.

According to Indian officials, the strikes were carried out using long-range precision munitions, including SCALP cruise missiles and HAMMER precision-guided bombs, launched from Indian Air Force aircraft operating inside Indian airspace.

The claimed targets included compounds located in Bahawalpur, Muridke, Sialkot, Muzaffarabad, Bhimber, and Kotli.

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi of the Indian army, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian air force, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri led the press briefing in New Delhi, unveiling satellite images and operational footage that they said showed the destruction of key compounds.

“These were deeply embedded, fortified locations used for recruitment, training, indoctrination, and operational planning,” said Col. Qureshi.

“We used niche-technology weapons with carefully selected warheads to ensure precision and avoid collateral damage.”

According to Wing Commander Singh, the operation was “synchronized to the second” with targets “identified weeks in advance” using satellite surveillance, intercepted communications, and on-ground intelligence.

India alleged that the targets included compounds associated with religious organisations that it says have long been linked to armed activity in Kashmir and elsewhere. Among the named sites were:

• Markaz Subhanallah, Bahawalpur
• Markaz Taiba, Muridke
• Mehmoona Joya camp, near Sialkot
• Sarjal camp, Sialkot
• Sawai Nala and Syedna Bilal camps, Muzaffarabad
• Gulpur and Abbas camps, Kotli
• Barnala camp, Bhimber

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the operation was launched following the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 civilians were killed. Indian intelligence attributed the assault to cross-border actors, without producing any evidence so far.

“India has demonstrated that it reserves the right to respond preemptively to threats emanating from across the border,” said Misri.

“This is not merely retaliation; it is a message that such sanctuaries will no longer be safe havens.”

He added that diplomatic channels were being kept informed and that India had conveyed to international partners the nature and rationale of the operation.

Security analysts in New Delhi say Operation Sindoor represents a strategic shift in India’s posture. Unlike previous strikes — such as the 2016 Uri raids and the 2019 Balakot airstrikes — this operation was wider in scope, employed a combination of naval, air, and drone-based surveillance, and targeted multiple deep-inland sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Government sources claimed that over 70 “militant operatives” were killed and 60 others injured in the coordinated strikes.

These figures could not be independently verified.

The Indian military stressed that no Pakistani military installation was targeted and that the strikes were confined to compounds believed to be used by non-state actors.

But reports from Pakistan tell a different story.

Many civilians have been killed in the strikes.

In previous episodes — notably the 2019 Balakot airstrikes — global satellite imagery analysts and media outlets later questioned the scale of the damage claimed by India, while Pakistan denied that any militant infrastructure had been hit.