It is these rugged, heavily foliaged and densely forested areas that have been used by terrorists to retreat and disappear after carrying out attacks against the military, security forces and civilians.
In a high-level meeting held in New Delhi on Thursday, the Defense Ministry and the Home Ministry decided to deploy Army and CRPF personnel in the higher elevations of all districts of Jammu division to destroy hideouts and fight against terrorists who take refuge in the forested areas.
The revival of tourism, education, investment and the return of a modicum of normal life were visible in the record numbers in which people participated in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Regardless of who won or lost the elections, the largest The winner was democracy, as the people of J&K reaffirmed their faith in the democratic edifice of the country.
The peaceful Lok Sabha elections have launched the Assembly elections in J&K, where an elected government has not been in power since 2018.
The process of updating electoral rolls, EC meetings with all 20 district election officials and other formalities are being completed at a rapid pace. Most likely, before the end of the year, J&K will have its elected Assembly installed. This seems to have unsettled the enemies of peace and the people of J&K.
The forces on the other side of the border, which have been watching and lamenting the weakening of their own democratic institutions, appear to be hell-bent on attempting to subvert the current peace and its fruition in a government run by the representatives of the people.
However, to prevent the current terrorist violence from spreading to the relatively peaceful Valley, the Indian government and security forces are implementing an elaborate security plan. “Terrorist groups operating in Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Kathua and Other adjacent areas of Jammu division will soon be neutralized.
“They will be chosen and eliminated and the martyrdom of every army soldier, police, paramilitary and civilian jawan will be avenged.
"They (the terrorists) are here to get their cemetery," said the J&K DGP, RR Swain, determinedly. He is one of those police officers who do not mince words.
“Terrorism cannot be ended unless its shelters, camouflages and sympathizers are dealt with according to the law of the land. If you do not allow others to live in peace, we will not allow you to live in peace. This message has to come through loud and clear.
“Making sacrifices is nothing new for our great Army or for security forces and local police. But making sacrifices is not enough to end terrorism. “The cost of sustaining and supporting terrorism must be made too high for its perpetrators. Those who believe in killing people cannot be allowed to live a free life,” the police chief said.
Intelligence agencies believe that terrorist controllers operating from the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) have decided to give the violence its final push.
“All the so-called sleeper cells, surface workers (OGW), who had been asked to remain hidden, have been activated and attempts to introduce trained mercenaries have already begun. “The terrorist attacks carried out in the Jammu region have a clear message. Terrorists have been asked to target innocent civilians and pilgrims to fan communal tension in the Jammu region so that terrorists get more and more sympathizers in places where they are planning to create a wedge between communities. “The terrorists, most of them foreign mercenaries and ex-convicts, have been asked to selectively choose their targets from the army and local police so that these forces continue to participate in counter-terrorism operations and at the same time loosen their control over the provision of a peaceful environment to the economy. , industry and education in the Valley,” said a senior Intelligence officer. The choice of the rugged mountainous terrain of Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Doda and Kathua districts of the Jammu region has two advantages in the eyes of those running the Pakistan-based terrorism.
“Firstly and most importantly, the terrorists want to show their presence in areas that until now were believed to be peaceful and where the focus of the security agencies was less clear than in the Valley.
“The terrorists involved in the hill districts of Jammu division are foreign terrorists, who are familiar with those areas and may retreat to the densely forested areas near the site of their surprise attacks. “Secondly, these terrorists have influenced some locals through money, invoking religious affinities or appealing to the minority instinct of the population of the Jammu region or simply by threatening them, to act as eyes and ears for them. “There is no doubt that all the terrorist attacks carried out in Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi or Kathua district involved some local elements who provided shelter, logistics and also conducted reconnaissance for the terrorists.
“From the June 9 attack on Hindu pilgrims in Reasi district to the recent July 8 ambush on army vehicles in Kathua's Badnota village, in which five soldiers were killed and five others injured, the presence of local sympathizers through guides and facilitators has been established,” the Intelligence officer said.
Given the determination and will of the army, security forces and local police collectively expressed by J&K DGP RR Swain, no terrorist ecosystem can sustain itself for long given its inherent anti-people and anti-peace agenda.
In a high-level meeting held in New Delhi on Thursday, the Defense Ministry and the Home Ministry decided to deploy Army and CRPF personnel in the higher elevations of all districts of Jammu division to destroy hideouts and fight against terrorists who take refuge in the forested areas.
The revival of tourism, education, investment and the return of a modicum of normal life were visible in the record numbers in which people participated in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Regardless of who won or lost the elections, the largest The winner was democracy, as the people of J&K reaffirmed their faith in the democratic edifice of the country.
The peaceful Lok Sabha elections have launched the Assembly elections in J&K, where an elected government has not been in power since 2018.
The process of updating electoral rolls, EC meetings with all 20 district election officials and other formalities are being completed at a rapid pace. Most likely, before the end of the year, J&K will have its elected Assembly installed. This seems to have unsettled the enemies of peace and the people of J&K.
The forces on the other side of the border, which have been watching and lamenting the weakening of their own democratic institutions, appear to be hell-bent on attempting to subvert the current peace and its fruition in a government run by the representatives of the people.
However, to prevent the current terrorist violence from spreading to the relatively peaceful Valley, the Indian government and security forces are implementing an elaborate security plan. “Terrorist groups operating in Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Kathua and Other adjacent areas of Jammu division will soon be neutralized.
“They will be chosen and eliminated and the martyrdom of every army soldier, police, paramilitary and civilian jawan will be avenged.
"They (the terrorists) are here to get their cemetery," said the J&K DGP, RR Swain, determinedly. He is one of those police officers who do not mince words.
“Terrorism cannot be ended unless its shelters, camouflages and sympathizers are dealt with according to the law of the land. If you do not allow others to live in peace, we will not allow you to live in peace. This message has to come through loud and clear.
“Making sacrifices is nothing new for our great Army or for security forces and local police. But making sacrifices is not enough to end terrorism. “The cost of sustaining and supporting terrorism must be made too high for its perpetrators. Those who believe in killing people cannot be allowed to live a free life,” the police chief said.
Intelligence agencies believe that terrorist controllers operating from the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) have decided to give the violence its final push.
“All the so-called sleeper cells, surface workers (OGW), who had been asked to remain hidden, have been activated and attempts to introduce trained mercenaries have already begun. “The terrorist attacks carried out in the Jammu region have a clear message. Terrorists have been asked to target innocent civilians and pilgrims to fan communal tension in the Jammu region so that terrorists get more and more sympathizers in places where they are planning to create a wedge between communities. “The terrorists, most of them foreign mercenaries and ex-convicts, have been asked to selectively choose their targets from the army and local police so that these forces continue to participate in counter-terrorism operations and at the same time loosen their control over the provision of a peaceful environment to the economy. , industry and education in the Valley,” said a senior Intelligence officer. The choice of the rugged mountainous terrain of Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Doda and Kathua districts of the Jammu region has two advantages in the eyes of those running the Pakistan-based terrorism.
“Firstly and most importantly, the terrorists want to show their presence in areas that until now were believed to be peaceful and where the focus of the security agencies was less clear than in the Valley.
“The terrorists involved in the hill districts of Jammu division are foreign terrorists, who are familiar with those areas and may retreat to the densely forested areas near the site of their surprise attacks. “Secondly, these terrorists have influenced some locals through money, invoking religious affinities or appealing to the minority instinct of the population of the Jammu region or simply by threatening them, to act as eyes and ears for them. “There is no doubt that all the terrorist attacks carried out in Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi or Kathua district involved some local elements who provided shelter, logistics and also conducted reconnaissance for the terrorists.
“From the June 9 attack on Hindu pilgrims in Reasi district to the recent July 8 ambush on army vehicles in Kathua's Badnota village, in which five soldiers were killed and five others injured, the presence of local sympathizers through guides and facilitators has been established,” the Intelligence officer said.
Given the determination and will of the army, security forces and local police collectively expressed by J&K DGP RR Swain, no terrorist ecosystem can sustain itself for long given its inherent anti-people and anti-peace agenda.
