PM Modi’s earth-or-hell directive shaped Operation Sindoor: NSA

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ordered that the perpetrators of the 2025 Pahalgam attack be brought to justice no matter if they were 'on the earth or in hell'. This directive shaped Operation Sindoor, an 88-hour military operation that destroyed multiple terror sites in Pakistan, indiatvnews.com reported in a docuseries.

The Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir killed 26 people, most of them tourists. Doval's remarks underline the government's determination to retaliate forcefully against cross-border terrorism. The operation involved sustained strikes on militant infrastructure across the Line of Control.