Terrorist Leader Masood Azhar's Emotional Confession: Failed Prison Escape and Consequences Revealed in Authentic Recording

Masood Azhar, the leader of Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), has recently confessed to the severe consequences he faced after attempting a prison escape in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1990s.

In an audio recording from what appears to be a public event in Pakistan, Azhar can be heard describing his failed attempt to escape from the high-security Kot Bhalwal jail by digging a tunnel. Intelligence sources have verified the authenticity of this audio.

During his emotional narration, Azhar breaks down while recounting how jail authorities discovered his escape tunnel on the very day he had planned to flee. Following this failed attempt, he received harsh punishment from prison officials.

"The tunnel was discovered by them on the last day of my escape plan," the terrorist says before becoming emotional in the recording.

He further explains that after the attempted jailbreak, conditions became significantly more restrictive for him and his fellow inmates. Prison authorities enforced strict rules, including physical punishment for violations. Azhar mentions being restrained in chains and facing limitations on his daily activities.

Azhar entered India in February 1994 using a fake Portuguese passport. His mission was to spread extremist ideology in Jammu and Kashmir and recruit terrorists. He was apprehended in Anantnag that same year and remained imprisoned until 1999.

Though multiple rescue attempts by fellow terrorists failed during his imprisonment, Azhar was eventually released in December 1999 as part of a hostage exchange following the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814. After his release, he established JeM, which has been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in India, including the 2001 Parliament attack and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Most recently, Azhar acknowledged that approximately ten of his family members, along with four individuals he described as "close aides," were killed during India's Operation Sindoor. This operation involved cruise missile strikes targeting terrorist infrastructure deep within Pakistan, conducted in response to the killing of 26 civilians by JeM terrorists in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.

This confession from one of India's most wanted terrorists further substantiates India's long-standing position that Pakistan employs terrorism as an official state policy against India.