Pakistani Forces Attempted to Target Golden Temple After India’s Anti-Terror Strikes: Indian Army

Anti-Terror Strikes: Pakistan targeted the Golden Temple in Amritsar during the recent conflict with India. However, the attempt was foiled by the Indian air defence system.

This was claimed by a senior defence official on Monday while demonstrating India’s air defence system, including indigenous Akash missiles and L-70 air defence guns, that intercepted the Pakistani drones and missiles.

"Following the Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor was launched and punitive strikes carried out on terror targets in Pakistan. Of the nine targets hit, seven were exclusively destroyed,” said the official.

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“Knowing that the Pak Army does not have any legitimate targets, we anticipated that they would target Indian military installations, civilian targets including religious places,” he told ANI. "Of these, Golden Temple appeared to be the most prominent,” he added.

"We mobilised additional modern air defence assets to give a holistic air defence umbrella cover to Golden Temple,” Major General Seshadri said.

The attack came in the early hours of May 8. Pakistan launched a large-scale air assault using drones and long-range missiles under the cover of darkness. “On 8th May early morning, in the hours of darkness, Pakistan carried out a massive air assault with unmanned aerial weapons, primarily drones and long-range missiles,” he said, adding that the Indian Army was fully prepared and thus intercepted and destroyed all incoming threats.

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"We were fully prepared since we had anticipated this, and our braveheart and alert army air defence gunners thwarted Pakistan Army's nefarious designs and shot down all drones and missiles targeted at the Golden Temple. Thus, not allowing even a scratch to come on our holy Golden Temple,” the officer added.

The GOC 15 Infantry Division explained in detail the consequences of the Pahalgam terror attack, which prompted the launch of Operation Sindoor, where India attacked nine terror camps deep inside Pakistan's territory, resulting in aggression from the Pakistani side.

"Consequent to the Pak Army-sponsored dastardly terrorist attack on innocent tourists, both domestic and international, the nation's anger under able leadership took the form of Operation Sindoor, wherein befitting punitive strikes were carried out on exclusive terror targets. Nine targets were hit. Of the nine targets, seven were exclusively destroyed by the Indian Army," Major General Seshadri told ANI.

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