Spill-over of militancy to Jammu

17/11/2018

Despite sufficient inputs from the intelligence agencies during the past several months, the Government has failed to put in place a strong mechanism to check spill-over of militancy from Kashmir valley to different parts of Jammu for which desperate attempts are being made by outfits of militants by re-energizing their Over Ground Workers (OGWs) and luring the innocent youth. During the past several months the intelligence agencies are regularly receiving inputs that several organizations of the militants are hell bent to spread their activities in Jammu region in order to disturb peaceful atmosphere in this part of the State. The intelligence agencies have gathered credible information that many outfits of the militants have started activating their Over Ground Workers (OGWs) particularly in erstwhile Doda district (presently comprising of Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts) and twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch so as to conduct reconnaissance as per their (militants) requirements and provide them timely necessary support in their nefarious designs.
For the spill-over of militancy from Kashmir valley to parts of Jammu, the militants are mainly focusing on Kokernag-Sinthantop route, which connects Kishtwar district with militancy hot-bed Anantnag district and Mughal Road, which connects Rajouri-Poonch with Shopian, which is another militancy infested district of Kashmir valley. It has also come to the fore that some terrorists, who during the current year succeeded in entering the J&K territory after crossing the International Border with Pakistan, are in regular contact with Over Ground Workers even in the outskirts of Jammu and desperately looking for the opportunities to carry out their nefarious activities. Similarly, no steps have so far been taken to put in place fool-proof security apparatus on Kokernag-Sinthantop and Mughal Roads despite being aware of the fact that these two routes are being focused by the militants to spread their activities to different parts of Jammu region. Had the activities of OGWs been tracked well in time and adequate attention was paid towards the inputs of the intelligence agencies the recent incident in Kishtwar wherein two brothers including a senior BJP leader were killed could have been avoided.

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