Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 19: In the wake of the terrorist attack on the military camp in Sunjuwan, Jammu and Kashmir, there is now considerable concern about intelligence reports on terrorists carrying out reconnaissance of military and civilian targets in the state recently.
The latest intelligence report says terrorists carried out reconnaissance operations in the Nagrota cantonment area where the Army's 16 Corps headquarters is located. This was done by a mixed group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists on the 17th and 18th of February, 2018. There has already been a terror attack on the 16 Corps headquarters. That was in late November 2016.
A similar effort is likely in the Banihal area. On February 15, local leaders of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed met in Shopian and decided to target security forces' convoys passing through the Banihal Pass.
Intelligence reports say terrorists have also taken stock of Sopore and Handwara areas. This happened on February 18.
There are also reports of terrorists' plans to strike softer targets, particularly in civilian areas. These include two up-market hotels in Udhampur (Dolphin and Axis hotels) and also police outposts in Shopian. |
