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| Army Headquarters' signal to Northern Command | | Major terrorist offensives in J&K not ruled out | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 29: Government of India has issued fresh instructions, calling for tighter security measures in Jammu and Kashmir. And by far the most significant signal from the Army Headquarters to the Udhampur-based Northern Command has insisted on the need and relevance of 'heightened vigilance' in view of the likelihood of major terrorist offensives in some parts of the troubled State.
These areas have been identifed as Doda, Rajouri and Poonch as well as RS Pora sectors of Jammu region and Pulwama and Baramulla districts of Kashmir Valley. According to sources in the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the need for stepped-up vigilance and tighter security measures has been occasioned by the undetected entry of many terrorists after the security forces intensified their operations against militants and subversives elsewhere in the troubled State.
In a quiet exercise launched jointly by the sleuths of J&K Government and Indian intelligence agencies, some evidence has ben collected about the presence of an unspecified number of ultras in some places in Jammu sector. It is officially pointed out that Jammu sector may not currently be sitting on a volcano, but the threat to the area has, of late, become real than apparent. It is also official that several militants belonging to Pakistan-based outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Jamait-ul-Mujahideen and Hizbul Mujahideen have managed to sneak ino Darhal and Thana Mandi in Jammu region and in Shopian, Tral, Pulwama and Lolab valley in Kashmir.
And if the latest intelligence reports were to be believed, a large group of militants armed with sophisticated weapons was recently seen moving towards Doda region. This information has already been shared with the Romeo Force, a counter insurgency unit of the Indian Army. The Army Headquarters as well as the Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) are for what is officially termed as "surgical operations" in higher reaches of Kupwara and Lolab valley after an unspecified number of militants and jihadi elements managed to create their hideouts there in recent times.
This apart, uninterrupted traffic on large sections of a 200-km road between Muzafarabad and Keil in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has also led to the establishment of quite a few camps for anti-India militants and jihadi elements in Lipa and Neelum valleys. Together, Shamsbari and Bimla mountains separate Lipa and Neelum valleys from Kupwara and Baramulla. But these valleys continue to be awash with militants.
Intelligence inputs point out that in quite a few places just acros the Kupwara border, most of the two dozen militant groups continue to maintain minimum presence in numerous camps spread out in Naukot as well as other larger villages of the region such as Channian, Lipa and Chamola. In one case, however, the Lashkar-e-Toiba is said to be keeping a comparatively large group of close to 50 activists at its Khairatibagh camp in Lipa valley.
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