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| ISI's special bureau for J&K | | Lashkar to target Indian temples, religious centres | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 16: The government of India has put on 'high alert' the police and other security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. The government's latest directive, in fact, has called for 'greater vigil' in communally sensitive areas and 'effective' measures against any attack on the temples and other religious institutions.
The directive came after the receipt of 'classified' inputs by the country's two important spy arms, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) and the IB (Intelligence Bureau), vis-a-vis the Lashkar-e-Toiba's more to target the temples and other religous centres. If the Jammu and Kashmir government headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad was urged to beef up security to prevent the jihadis from targeting prestigious places of worship such as the ancient cave temple of Mata Vaishnodevi in Jammu region and Khirbhawani temple and Amarnath shrine in Kashmir Valley, the Centre wanted the local administrations elsewhere in the country, particularly the sensitive States of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, to make necessary arrangements for the protection of all important temples and other religious institutions.
More than three radio intercepts asd well as 'source information' in recent days seemed to have prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to alert the police and other security and intelligence agencies in the country, particularly in the northern States. The radio intercepts had clearly indicated the Lashkar-e-Toiba's plan to target Indian temples and other religous instituions in a bid to try and create furtrher unrest in the country and promoting a communal divide.
The Pakistan-based leadership of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), according to radio intercepts, is for the bomb and rocket attacks on important holy places with the apparent intention to triger communal strife. As Delhi, to, has been included among possible targets, the Delhi Police personel have started the process of trying to protect religious institutions in the capital.
To abort their plans from materialising, the intelligence branch has alerted the Delhi Police and issued them a fresh set of instructions to cary out regular checking of the areas where the Kashmirs and Afghan nationals are staying, to confirm their antecedents and to question those found suspicious. The Delhi Police personnel have also been directed to ensure regular and thorough checks of Pakistanis visiting the Indian capital.
The Lashkar leaders have directed their cadres to undertake more attacks and target military insatallations and camps and convoys not only in Jammu and Kashmir but also elsewhere in India. Teenage boys, a senior Indian defence official told EARLY TIMES, were being recruited in a large number to carry out these plans and were being given military training.
Pakistan's ISI is reported to have re-activated its special bureau, known as Joint Intelligence (North). It handles all tasks concerning Jammu and Kashmir. Its activities include propaganda, clandestine activities and infiltration. Another institution, known as Joint Signals Intelligence Bureau, has units along the Indian borders and it provides communication support to militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
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