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| 250 terrorists gunned down by security forces in J&K in 2018 | | All out operation to continue | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 27: Things in Kashmir seem to be changing. Compared to previous years, these days average shelf life of a newly recruited militant has come down to just 3-6 months. In very few cases a terrorist is surviving for more than six months after joining pro-Pakistan terror outfits in Kashmir valley. Lack of training of these local recruits and real-time intelligence gathering by the different wings of security forces is leading to surgical operations in which these terrorists are getting neutralized.
Reports suggest that "on an average, the security forces take less than one hour to finish their operations" and the reason is that "poorly trained terrorists are not able to match the firepower of security forces and also lack tactical skills which are required to engage security forces for a longer duration".
"Only in a few cases, especially in thickly populated areas, the security forces take extra time in neutralizing these holed up terrorists. Secondly, level of resistance displayed by the local population of the area plays its part in delaying the operations. In some cases, the local population has even come forward to escort holed up militants from inside their hideouts and escorted them to safety. The trend started changing after the killing of Burhan Wani," inputs further suggest.
Earlier, J&K had seen many terrorists who survived for long years before getting neutralized. This trend started changing only after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. According to one estimate, after the killing of Burhan Wani in July 2016, "over 400 local boys have filled ranks of various militant outfits across Kashmir valley" and it is learned that "a majority of them were killed even before receiving formal weapons training in terror training camps".
Inputs further suggest that "lack of weapons training resulted in poor resistance during gunfights with the security forces"; that "majority of these young boys came from worst affected districts of Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, and Anantnag in South Kashmir", that "these local boys were radicalized by the local militant handlers and en-cashed anti-India sentiments prevailing against the Indian security forces during largely attended funeral processions of slain ultras".
Security experts have said: "On an average 4-6 local boys are short-listed after every funeral procession of a local militant and out of these at least 2 join rank and file of these militant outfits and pick up guns".
As per reports, since January 1, 2018, an estimated number of over 250 militants have been gunned down by the security forces in the state. Majority of these militants were local militants. According to security forces, only a handful of them killed along the line of control were foreign militants, hailing from Pakistan.
In the meantime, top brass of the Northern Command has indicated that the "tempo of operations against terrorism will continue even during the harsh winter months with the hope that it may create the possibility of holding Assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls".
As per a recent assessment of different security agencies, "there are still over 250 terrorists who are active in the state and out of these over 110 are foreign terrorists". |
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