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| Militants running mobile camps ? | | | Early Times report
Jammu, May 1 : Presence of successfully infiltrated highly-trained foreign militants has helped the Pakistan-based terrorist outfits in strengthening its cadre by running ’mobile training camps’ for local recruits in the ’isolated upper reaches’ of Jammu and Kashmir,
intelligence reports said.
Militant outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hiz-ul-Mujahideen) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), had almost lost their cadre strength in the state after the counter-insurgency forces started nipping their top hierarchy.
As per strategy, security forces used to put on top of their ‘hit list’ the name of every new self-styled ‘commander’ of the militant outfits and eliminated him as soon as possible.
Consequently, the method adopted by the security forces to demoralize militant cadre worked well resulting in sharp decline in the number of active terrorists in the hilly districts of the state.
Fencing, too added to the woes of the Pak-based mentors of the terrorist outfits, as it, coupled with the foot patrol by army jawans, brought the cross-Line of Control (LoC) infiltration down.
However, the recent melting of snow helped militants waiting at their various launchpads along LoC to intrude into Indian side along with heavy weaponry, as also revealed by an arrested Pakistani militant Syed Mainullah Shah at Srinagar.
The new arrival of militants has again infused life in the otherwise demoralised cadres of various outfits in the hilly districts. According to reports, over one hundred highly trained foreign militants have entered the mountainous areas of north east Doda and Kishtwar districts to strengthen their cadre by recruiting local teenagers.
‘’As per reports, a group of about 11 militants had entered these areas for reconnaissance which thereafter facilitated entry of a large group of reportedly 117 ultras,’’ an intelligence source said.
At least nine militants were reportedly assigned Bhaderwah tehsil area while about 20 were tasked to operate in Doda tehsil area under a foreign LeT commander Abu Akasha, the source said.
Besides, a group of 25 to 30 ultras had reportedly entered the remote Padnazi-Bunjwah and Bunjwah-Kither areas, where they had also pasted some threatening posters and forced closure of a school, which was later opened by Army after a couple of days, the source said, adding the remaining lot of militants has reportedly scattered in the top
Banihal belt of Ramban district and surrounding areas.
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