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| Sex workers on espionage job in J&K? | | Centre for action against female militants | | B L Kak
NEW DELHI, OCT. 13: The Union Home Ministry, after the receipt of sensational inputs from intelligence agencies in relation to the "subtle" recruitment of young women as spies, has directed the States and Union Territories to be vigilant. In fact, the police and other security agencies in the strategically-important States have been cautioned against the 'hidden hand' behind raising groups of females, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir and north-eastern region, for carrying out espionage activity.
Inputs from field intelligence units (FIUs) have clearly talked about an increase in the number of female 'spies' in these States in recent times. A number of females in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, besides Mizoram, have, according to these inputs, received training in use of small arms and bombs.
The Union Home Ministry has been fed with a sensational piece of information from some of these States. It says that sex workers in some cases have been pressed into service to secretly build bridges with functionaries of the local police and other security agencies, including the Army, the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Borderd Security Force (BSF) and Assam Rifles. Obvious aim of such a phenomenon is to carry out espionage activity.
Sources in the Home Ministry say that the use of females by anti-nationals is also meant to facilitate delivery of cash consignments to some underground militant hideouts not only in Jammu and Kashmir but also in Assam. According to these sources, there is "sufficient evidence" in relation to the involvement of the Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir in the task of luring young girls. Three sectors in Jammu region are, according to intelligence reports, high on anti-India operatives' agenda for the clandestine recruitment of females as overground workers and couriers. These sectors have been identifed as Rajouri, Poonch and Doda.
In the Kashmir Valley, four sectors, namely, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Anantnag have been earmarked by anti-nationals for raising small groups of females for carrying out espionage activity. All this at a time when, according to a document available with the Union Home Ministry has let it be known that terrorist infrastructure "still exists across the border".
A recomendation contained in the document: Indian security forces should intensify their fight against infiltration. A decline in the figure relating to this menace should not be construed as a positive change in the intentions of the militant organizations as well as their sponsors.
Another strong recomendation: Porous border will have to be blocked to make it extremely difficult for infiltrators to sneak into Indian territory. Unless India blocks porous borders, India will not be able to put effective checks on terrorist activites taking place in Jammu and Kashmir.
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