There's enough intelligence on this matter to declare that Pulwama was an INSIDER job by Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and Ajit Doval, and that ex-cartoon Army chief of ours Bipin Rawat. At that point, Narendra Modi's political ratings were at its lowest point. BJP lost three state elections to Congress party and Modi's personal brand image had suffered terribly.
Pulwama (and the fake surgical strikes) were an elaborate PR circus designed to IMPROVE Modi's ratings. Yes, the capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan was not a part of that PR exercise. But, Modi didn't really want to attack Pakistan-administered Kashmir (Azad Kashmir according to you guys). He just wanted to get a boost in his ratings.
The whole Pakistani reaction was a GODSEND for Narendra Modi. Had Imran Khan decided to have a tough posture, with Pakistan armed forced killing more Indian soldiers and pilots, it might have boomeranged on Modi's image very badly.
Maybe in 2024, Narendra Modi will attempt a fake nuclear weapons exchange with Pakistan, if at all there are any elections in that year.
Narendra Modi is a scumbag of the highest order. I don't trust anything he says, or does. He's the biggest con artist this side of the Sutlej river.