Overview
- Security forces raised deployments across the Kashmir Valley on Sunday, with IGP V. K. Birdi ordering extra vigilance at tourist hotspots ahead of Tuesday’s first anniversary of the Pahalgam massacre.
- Authorities in Pahalgam now require police checks for service providers and use QR code IDs that let visitors scan and confirm a worker’s name, address, registration, route and police verification on the spot.
- Survivors and relatives say trauma remains acute and that key support pledged last year, including government jobs and sustained assistance for children, has not fully materialized.
- Reporting by The Tribune says no inquiry or punitive action has followed identified security lapses, citing a CRPF redeployment that left the area thinly guarded and a quick‑reaction unit that took over an hour to reach Baisaran.
- After the April 22, 2025 killings attributed to Lashkar‑e‑Taiba and its TRF front, India hit terror sites in Pakistan under Operation Sindoor and later killed three named suspects in Operation Mahadev, while tourist footfall has begun to recover but remains uneven.