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| 140 ultras killed since August | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 24
If troops were thinned out at a time when a wide spectrum of political groups had toughened stand on the issue, the winters in Kashmir Valley could have been quite violent.
With security forces enjoying an upper hand in the most tough terrains of the Valley, as many as 140 militants have killed in encounters with army personnel in Kashmir since August this year.
Indian Army says that very effective operations have been launched by the army against militants in Kashmir. "These operations have proved to be very successful in nature and the army managed to kill 140 militants in Kashmir since August this year till date", said the outgoing 16 Corps chief Gen Sekhon.
He said some of the killed militants were active in the last 15 years and were responsible for numerous attacks on army, para-military and police. "Our intelligence set-up has improved in Kashmir and this is the reason that we have managed to kill 140 militants since August this year. I give credit to our intelligence up-gradation and actionable information, which has became possible due to better grown coordination between various security agencies operating in Kashmir," Lt Gen Sekhon added.
The Indian army general said that the security situation in Kashmir is fast improving. "Situation in Kashmir is definitely showing signs of improvement. It has been possible due to the continuous pressure maintained on militants by the army", he said.
He further said all parameters of violence in the valley have come down in Kashmir. "We had very low infiltration this year compared to last years. Army killed 95 militants on frontiers with Pakistan this year. These militants were trying to infiltrate into Kashmir from the Pakistani side of Kashmir", he added.
Meanwhile, the security forces are gravely concerned over the increase in the infiltration attempts from other side of the border after the recent political unrest in Pakistan.
"The trend in infiltration from the other side has increased," said a top security officer when asked to give his assessment of the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the developments in Pakistan.
He, however, said that the situation was under control. "We want that stability should return to Pakistan," he said, adding "it is important that there should be peace in Pakistan." |
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