On 22 April, 2025, terrorists killed 25 Indians—24 tourists and a Kashmiri local—and 1 Nepalese tourist at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam before fleeing the tourist spot. Eyewitness accounts indicate victims were singled out on the basis of religion, shot at close range in front of their families.
At the time of the attack, PM Modi was in Saudi Arabia on an official visit and US Vice President JD Vance was visiting India. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) chaired by PM Modi met the day after the attack and in a statement highlighted a potential link to Pakistan, saying “cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out”.
This article’s claims about Ultra Sets and Alpine Quest are partially plausible but largely unverified due to insufficient evidence and reliance on unnamed sources.
Ultra Sets are credible as encrypted devices, given LeT’s history, but their 2023 recovery, uncracked status, and specificity lack corroboration.
The Alpine Quest app’s tampered version is confirmed in the Russian context, but its use by Pakistani terrorists in J&K is speculative, with no direct evidence.
The Pahalgam attack involved body cameras, supporting LeT’s technological capability, but tying it to Ultra Sets or Alpine Quest is inferential.