A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team reportedly arrived in Srinagar early on 29 July 2025 for the identification of the bodies of the three terrorists. The same day, the prime minister and the union home minister confirmed in Parliament, which had taken up a discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, that the slain terrorists were involved in the Pahalgam attack on tourists on 22 April.

“The three terrorists who massacred civilian tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam have been killed,” said home minister Amit Shah. “We ensured that terrorists do not flee to Pakistan,” he added.

He also identified the three slain terrorists as Suleman alias Faizal Jatt, Hamza Afghani, and Zibran, and declared that all of them were Pakistani nationals and members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The three men were tracked with the help of human and technical intelligence in an operation led by the Intelligence Bureau, Army, Central Reserve Police Force, and the Jammu and Kashmir police, the minister claimed.

The union home minister also informed that the identity of the terrorists and their involvement was confirmed with the help of ballistic and forensic reports and the testimony of four other witnesses, including the two accused who had given them shelter a day before the attack. Pakistani voter identity cards and chocolates made in Pakistan were found on the two terrorists, establishing that they came from Pakistan, he said.