New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Spiritual Leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday said India took a smart step by only targeting terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) under Operation Sindoor.

Emphasising on the need to 'uproot' terrorism, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that those who don't learn through diplomatic means have to be taught a lesson

'Terrorism is against humanity and it has to be uprooted. Our deities keep flower in one hand and weapon in another. Those who don't learn through diplomatic means have to be taught a lesson. India took a smart step in the matter and only targeted terror bases,' he said.

The spiritual leader assured Indians not to be afraid, adding that the country has taken a right decision.

'Indians within the country and abroad are afraid of what might happen. I want to reassure them that everything will be good and the country is taking the right decisions under the leadership of PM Modi, so nobody has to worry about terror,' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said.

Indian Armed Forces launched a strike at the terror hideouts deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir under 'Operation Sindoor' in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Indian Armed Forces shared details about Operation Sindoor on Wednesday in the media briefing consisting of foreign secretary Vikram Misri, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Col Sophiya Qureshi.

While speaking to the media, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh who briefed the media along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Col Sofiya Qureshi said that the 'Operation Sindoor' was launched to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families.

Wing Commander Vyomika Singh informed that a total of nine terror sites were targeted and successfully destroyed. She asserted that the locations were selected so that there was no damage to civilians and their infrastructures.

During the press briefing, Col Sofiya Qureshi presented the videos of destruction of terror camps, including from the Muridke and where David Headley and Ajmal Kasab, perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks received training.

India has carried out its deepest strikes inside Pakistan's undisputed territory since 1971, successfully targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. This marks New Delhi's most significant military action within Pakistani territory in over five decades. (ANI)