The entire Jaish-e-Mohammed leadership of Kashmir have been eliminated within a 100 hours of Pulwama incident and the Army made it clear anyone picks up an arm in Kashmir against India shall be eliminated.

"We were tracking the Jaish-e-Mohammed leadership. We are happy to inform that we eliminated the Jaish leadership in the Valley, which was controlled by Pakistan," said Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, Corps Commander of Chinar Corps, Indian Army, adding that the terrorists had been killed in "less than 100 hours" after the Pulwama terror attack, in which over 40 soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber.

"We request all mothers, make your sons who have taken up arms surrender. Anyone who has picked up the gun in Kashmir will be eliminated unless they surrender" he said.

The four soldiers killed in the operation included Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, 34. The others were Sepoy Hari Singh, 27, Havaldar Sheo Ram, 37, and Sepoy Ajay Kumar, 27. Head Constable Abdul Rashid Kalas died of his wounds later.