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| They came, they stayed, they disappeared | | Jaish guerrillas sneak into Jammu sector | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JULY 1: Jammu sector has an unspecified number of "unwelcome persons", who can pose a serious threat to the security of the people and vital installations, according to intelligence inputs available with the government. A report prepared by members of a couple of field intelligence units has spoken of the undetected entry into a few pockets of Jammu sector by "unwelcome persons"--Islamist subversives, to be precise.
These subversives--also called guerrillas--are believed to have been sponsored by the dreaded anti-India and anti-Hindu terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Their entry into Jammu sector has been reported at a time when the Pakistan-based JeM headquarters has stepped up its activities seeking the ouster of Indian Army in "Muslim Kashmir" and Muslim "domination" in all parts of the "disputed" territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
With his aim of wresting Kashmir from the kaafir, Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Muhammad, has warned the Government of India that it should "prepare for the worst" if it continued its "brutal" activities in "Muslim Kashmir". The warning, significantly, is contained in his anti-India outbursts that are now available in audio-cassettes. Clearly, his warning has the same malice that he once spread in mosque after mosque in the Kashmir Valley.
Masood Azhar has declared that the "liberation" of Kashmir is not the only item on his agenda; the rebuilding of the Babri Masjid at its original place in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh "is equally important". And his ultimatum: "We will do it by hook or by crook because we now know where India's lifeline is". Azhar's taped speech contains other demands as well: immediate release of prisoners, withdrawal of Indian forces from the 'hot spot' and settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri Muslims.
Azhar exudes confidence: The future of the jihad in the Valley is bright. He has emphasized that he will continue to spew venom against India. Following his release by the government of India, in exchange for the freedom of the passengers on Indian Airlines flight 814 at Kandhar in Afghanistan, Masood Azhar is thirsting for blood again. Azhar has reiterated: "If five people can hijack a plane and get us released, they can cut India's lifeline too".
According to government agencies, a large number of operatives of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) are also present in almost all the districts of Jammu region. These agencies do not rule out the presence of quite a few Lashkar activists in parts of the vicinity of Jammu. Both LeT and JeM are reportedly keen on a "substantial increase" in the number of mosques and other Islamic institutions and centres in Jammu sector.
EARLY TIMES was officially informed that the government of India is perturbed by the "disappearance" of visiting Pakistan nationals from different parts in the country. It is among the biggest problems that the intelligence agencies face today. Thy came, they stayed, and they disappeared. Without a trace. Recently, the Central government had sent a note to the home departments of some States, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, to furnish details on how many Pakistanis have overstayed or disappeared.
According to the Union Home Ministry, India has more than 13,500 "unwelcome guests" from Pakistan. The police know the whereabouts of nearly 60 per cent of the overstaying Pakistanis. The rest have gone underground. The government estimates that some 4,000 Pakistanis have thus went missing across the country. In South India alone there are 1,500-odd Pakistanis who have gone "out of view".
The police can book the "out of view" Pakistanis under Section 3 and 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. "Once they go underground it is very difficult to nab them," says a senior police officer. "Our most difficult task is to arrest the increasing number of bona fide Pakistani visitors who act as ISI couriers".
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