External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the request along with certain documents seeking the terrorist's extradition was sent to Islamabad recently
Deputy inspector-general, south Kashmir, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, said a joint operation by the police, 34 Rashtriya Rifles and the army was launched in Samno village on Thursday evening following inputs about the presence of militants in some houses
The BJP handle, however, overlooked the attacks the country had faced when the party was in power. The 1999 Kargil invasion, the hijack of the IC-814 Air India flight, and the 2001 Parliament attack happened during the tenure of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government