NEW DELHI: A Keralite had a major role in Indian Air Force’ pre-emptive strike in Pakistan killing nearly 325 terrorists. West Air Command led by Air Marshal C Harikumar (Air officer Commanding in Chief) of Pandanadu in Chengannur was the one who made a comprehensive plan for the attack. Delhi based command is in charge of the security on the western border with Pakistan.

After the Central government informed about its full support to retaliate, the team led by Harikumar, started preparations for it. After holding talks with Air Force chief marshal B S Dhanova, precsion missle attack experts were roped in for attack on terrorist camps in Pakistan. In the meantime, the Indian army also strengthened its presence on the borders with Pakistan and China.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) had conducted a massive pre-emptive strike early on Tuesday on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest camp acting on concrete intelligence inputs about the terror group preparing to carry out more attacks in India. IAF dropped 1,000-pound bombs in a thickly-forested hilltop killing a large number of terrorists.