Security agencies and forces are facing a tough time in the valley to track down terrorists and militants who crossed over the line of control (LoC) during the last six months and mingled among the protestors during the period of unrest.
Security agencies and forces are facing a tough time in the valley to track down terrorists and militants who crossed over the line of control (LoC) during the last six months and mingled among the protestors during the period of unrest.
According to sources in the agencies, the counter insurgency operations that came almost to a halt during the two months of unrest impacted the security grid severely allowing terrorists to find safe havens among the protestors across the valley.
Collated analysis of different agencies put the number of terrorists and militants at around 200 to 220 who managed to cross over from Pak-Occupied Kashmir during the last six months. Most of these terrorists sneaked in during the period of unrest and Amarnath Yatra when troops had to be deployed on vantage points to maintain the law and order. The presence of terrorists was not more than 120-150 before the current influx, said sources.
Moreover, the frequent clamp down on telecom services by the government to stop protestors from making use of social media and SMSes to spread their agitation also added to a massive drop in intelligence gathering through eavesdropping.
A senior officer said due to this practice, inputs have dropped significantly. The security and anti-militancy grid relies on inputs by people but that is hampering due to telecommunication blockade. In the past many top militants have been tracked and eliminated by monitoring their mobile network. Indian agencies can today listen in on VHF conversations, mobile phones and satellite phones.
With accurate interception and monitoring of these devices, intelligence agencies, the Army and the BSF have been very effective in neutralising several militants, especially when they infiltrate into India.
A senior official deployed in Jammu and Kashmir conceded that the massive scale of the unrest has made their human assets either to break free or go underground that has slowed down crucial information that they used to gather though human intelligence.
"The unrest has given a big blow to our well established intelligence network and will take several months of effort to get back the normal flow of intelligence. Until then it will give an edge to the terrorists and militants over security forces for which they need to be extra vigilant," said the official.
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