The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked

The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked

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  • Create Date:2021-06-24 17:31:07
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  • Author:Rahul Pandita
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Summary

Inside the world of the jaish-e-mohammed – from the Parliament attack to the Pulwama bombing in February 2019 One of the worst terror attacks on India takes place in Pulwama in Kashmir。 Forty Indian soldiers are dead。 But when the NIA probes the bombing they hit one dead end after another。 Who were the actual masterminds of this audacious strike? It seemed impossible to find out。 In this thrilling and deeply reported book, The award-winning author and journalist Rahul Pandita tells the story of how a team of extraordinary NIA sleuths cracks the case one jigsaw piece at a time。 Against all odds, they manage to connect the dots between a seemingly routine troublemaker put in preventive detention at the time of the abrogation of article 370, a mobile phone full of lustful messages recovered after an encounter that killed a terrorist and the pulwama attack itself。 The sinister roots of the strike, they would discover, are several decades deep and can be traced to one man – Masood Azhar – and the empire of terror he created in Kashmir。 In this book we enter the terrifying world of radical Islamists and secret militant operations, of intelligence agencies and elite counterterrorism units。 With never-before-published details about the Pulwama case, the resultant Balakot strike and the arcane world of terror groups, this is one of the most significant works on Kashmir and terrorism in recent times。

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Reviews

Ruchik

I finished the book in one sitting ;what a gripping read; amazing journalism ; bringing so many untold facts into the public domain;giving us such a better understanding of how things work on the ground in kashmir。Kudos!

Bharat

The Pulwama attacks galvanized the attention of India in 2019。 This book tells the story of investigation to connect it to the masterminds behind the attack。 There is also a dash of history of insurgency in Kashmir along with neatly articulated details of painful paths that had to be followed by Indian agencies that set forward to unravel the dots connecting the attacks to the masterminds。 Rahul Pandita's earlier book on Naxals had made me aware of how well he can write。 As such。 when this came The Pulwama attacks galvanized the attention of India in 2019。 This book tells the story of investigation to connect it to the masterminds behind the attack。 There is also a dash of history of insurgency in Kashmir along with neatly articulated details of painful paths that had to be followed by Indian agencies that set forward to unravel the dots connecting the attacks to the masterminds。 Rahul Pandita's earlier book on Naxals had made me aware of how well he can write。 As such。 when this came out on Juggernaut( formerly Airtel Books), I immediately grabbed this one via their Free Readers Club membership, and boy I wasn't disappointed。 This book is another ace up his sleeve, as he once again keeps the readers hooked right from the start with his crisp writing showcasing his acumen in geopolitical awareness of the Kashmir region。 。。。more

Karan Shevale

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again。 - Brahma, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Lover Boy Of Bahawalpur is a deeply researched and thrilling account of the events that transpired before and after the terror attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama in February 2019。 Pandita traces the investigation by NIA, aided by other agencies, to get to the root source (i。e。 Masood Azhar) of one of the deadliest terror attac If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again。 - Brahma, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Lover Boy Of Bahawalpur is a deeply researched and thrilling account of the events that transpired before and after the terror attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama in February 2019。 Pandita traces the investigation by NIA, aided by other agencies, to get to the root source (i。e。 Masood Azhar) of one of the deadliest terror attacks India has even seen。 The reportage is multi-level, streamlined and detailed。 It helps paint a cohesive picture of the whole saga through stories of the terrorists involved in the attack。 The Indian response, how and why a certain location for the air strikes was chosen is mentioned in a short chapter named 'Balakot'。 Sandwiched between the parts of the investigation, 3 chapters briefly explain the history of the insurgency, Jaish-e-Mohammed and its widespread network in Kashmir, it's workings, training, routes of infiltration, sources of funding, terrorist hideouts and their interplay with civilians。 We are exposed to the larger picture through intricate details of how operations take place in the dark alleys of terrorism and counterterrorism。 The book also makes us appreciate the work done by the Army, NIA, BSF, R&AW, J&K Police and other security agencies involved。 The operation and killing of Ghazi Baba is the most thrilling part of this book which one cannot afford to miss。 This book could easily be turned into thriller movie and maybe it will be, in part or as a whole, who knows。 Pandita's brilliance was never in question but the fact that he has interviewed former militants and visited many critical places mentioned in the story shoots up the credibility of this book。 My only complaint, which may sound irrational, is that the book could have explored India's response with the political and public aspect around the attack a bit more。 I presume it was excluded on purpose because of lack of primary information or simply because it oversteps the premise of this book。 Hats off! Extremely well written and unputdownable。 A must read。 。。。more