Pahalgam terror attack: A man was seen carrying cake inside Pakistan High Commission in India | Fact Check

A video of a man carrying a cake inside the office in Indian capital New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area has been a part of the discussion online. The high-octane scene unfolded as media personnel asked what the celebration was about. The man kept mum and rushed in.

The speculation on what the celebration could be about has also been the discussion online, social media is abuzz. As it comes, two days after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed at least 26 lives.

Sources privy to the matter told WION and insisted the cake which has become the centre of discussion, ‘was ordered five days ago’. The confectionery was selected and booked to ‘celebrate the birthday of a staff member’s wife’, who resides in the accommodation allotted in the Pakistan High Commission.

Pahalgam terror attack

It was while enjoying the breezy weather and mesmerising beauty of the lush green meadows of Baisaran that armed men held tourists at gunpoint and shot at close range.

The attack was orchestrated by Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front. According to sources, Lashkar commander Adil Gouri, who went to Pakistan from India in 2018, was instrumental in planning this attack. It is learnt that he recently infiltrated back into the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He was one of the terrorists who killed the tourists in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow.

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— ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2025