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| Fake Indian currency in three sensitive regions | | India-based jihadis face finacial crunch | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI | AUGUST 20
Pakistani agencies have revived attempts to flood three sensitive regions of India with fake Indian currency. This, according to intelligence inputs, has been necessitated by the reported financial crunch being faced by Pakistan-aided subversives and jihadis in parts of India.
The three regions have been identified as Jammu, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Selection of Gujarat and Rajasthan as launching pads for the passage and circulation of fake Indian curency in major parts of Indis is to be viewed in the context of the geography of the two States. Gujarat is bounded on the north-west by Pakistan, on the north by Rajasthan, on the east by Madhya Pradesh and on the south and south-east by Maharashtra.
Rajasthan shares India's frontier with Pakistan on the west and north-west. Punjab bounds it on the north, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the north-east and east, Madhya Pradesh on the south and south-east and Gujarat on the south-west. Naturally, therefore, fake Indian currency will, after being made available in Rajasthan, travel to the neighbouring States as well.
The areas identified for the fake currency in Jammu region are Jammu city, RS Pora, Bishnah, Vijaypur, Marh, Akhnoor and Khour sections of Jammu district, Rajouri town, Manjakote, Darhal, Budhal, Nowshera, Sunderbani and Kalakote sections of Rajouri district and Poonch town, Mandi, Mendhar, Balakote and Surankote sections of Poonch district.
According to another set of intelligence reports, a radical Islamic group in Britain is "involved" in subtle attempts to keep alive and kicking jihadi elements in Jammu and Kashmir and Afghanistan. Identifed as Al Muhajiroun, this group funnelled large amounts of cash to Kashmir and the Taliban of Afghanistan even after the September 11 terrorist attacks on America.
A bit of confusion persists vis-a-vis the actual number of jihadi elements Al Mahajiroun commissioned to perform duties in Jammu and Kashmir and Afghanistan. However, if some reports from London were to be believed, the number of such elements was in hundreds. One of these reports was specific: Al Muhajiroun sent up to 200 young Asians brome Britain, after the September 11 attacks, to join the Taliban and terrorist groups in Pakistan.
The recruits as young as 15 were sent to join groups fighting jihad with the backing of Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical leader of Al Muhajiroun. Al Qureshi, who was a leading member of the group before he separated himself from it in December 2003, was responsible for dozens of young Asians who had arrived to fight in Kashmir and Afghanistan. Indian Home Ministry had reasons as it stated recently: "It is estimated that about 60-70 per cent of the terrorists operating in the State (Jammu and Kashmir), at present, are from outside, with locals mainly playing the role of porters and guides. Since local support has considerably dwindled, terrorists depend almost entirely on support from across the border. Foreign mercenaries are more ruthless in killing innocent civilians without a thought". |
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