Srinagar: with terrorists changing his focus on the Jammu region and resorting to jungle war After a drastic decrease in their numbers in the Kashmir Valley due to a strong anti -terrorism grid, the role of the J&K police, which has lost four of its staff in the current operation in the area of Boscosa Sufain in the Kathua district, has become crucial due to its local integral network and understanding of the topography.
Even when the Special Operations Group of the J&K Police took an advantage in the operation in Kathua, security experts point out that this should be seen as greater synergy between the police, the army and the paramilitary forces instead of a change in the strategy against terrorists.
Katua’s operation, which began Sunday with a human hunt for terrorists, saw DGP Nalin Prabhat Looking at an AK 47 during the hairstyle operation in the Sanyal village of the Kathua district, about 35 km from Sufain. Some women from the village saw the infiltrates of Pakistan, who alerted the police.
When commenting on Prabhat that leads from the front, former J&K DGP Sp Vaid said: “It is a very crucial development.” However, despite having an important role, the police would have to trust greater synergy with the army and other security agencies to address terrorism in the Jammu region. “We are fighting a different type of terrorism, where someone is prepared here to die. Remember, it is a covert war from Pakistan,” Vaid said.
Why Jammu?
Vaid said that Pakistan increased the bet in Jammu in recent years and increased infiltration from the other side of the border due to the strong anti -terrorist grid in the Kashmir Valley. In addition, the presence of the army in the Jammu region was reduced after the “uniform force” of its rashtriya rifles of counterinsurgency specialized to the east of Ladakh has hurried after multiple incursions of the Chinese troops in April 2020.
The first great terrorist strike in the Pir Panjal region of Jammu in the last four years was on October 11, 2021, when five army men, including a JCO, were killed in a meeting in Chamrer Bosss in Surankote Tehsil of the Poonch district. Five days later, four more soldiers, including another JCO, were killed in a shooting with a group of terrorists in Bhatta Durrian in Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch. In March and April 2022, about four explosions shook the Koteranka Tehsil in the Rajouri district. On January 1, 2023, seven civilians from the minority community, two of them minors, were killed in shooting and an FDI explosion caused by terrorists in the Dhangri village in the Rajouri district.
On the night of June 9 of last year, the day Narendra Modi lent oath for the third time, a bus that transported pilgrims from a religious sanctuary, Shiv Khori, was attacked by terrorists in the Jammu district of Readi, killing nine pilgrims and hurting another 40.
Opposite infiltration
Luv Puri, former UN anti -terrorism official and Kashnir expert, said Punjab Punjab terrorists mix more easily with Jammu than Kashmir due to shared ethnic and linguistic ties. “This complicates the countermencing efforts, since labeling them ‘foreigners’ does not prevent assimilation,” he added.
Puri said that a specific approach to the region is necessary. He said that the infiltration along the 198 km long border of J & K follows predictable seasonal patterns that suggest careful planning by terrorists. This requires deep recognition and intelligence about troops movements.
Puri said there is a fundamental role for him Local police networkswhose institutional memory helps track and combat recurrent threats. “A well -equipped and well -trained police force is key to counteracting growing terrorism in this region,” he added.