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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval conducted a comprehensive operational review of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday and told top army commanders and paramilitary forces to strengthen the counter-infiltration network along the Line of Control with Pakistan, and the counterinsurgency network. in the valley of Kashmir
The high-level meeting was convened in the context of heavy military activity in the Handwara, Baramulla and Sopore triangle of northern Kashmir that cost the lives of six soldiers, including an officer-in-rank colonel. It is also here that the security forces eliminated Haider and Riyaz Naikoo, the main terrorist from Lashkar, who led the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen in the Kashmir Valley.
Then there is already an intelligence alert on the plans of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed to carry out simultaneous suicide attacks on military and paramilitary bases on Monday, May 11.
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Senior government officials told the Hindustan Times that the NSA Doval also noted the increase in air activity by the Pakistan Air Force along India’s western border that coincided with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, and later in the Islamabad Foreign Ministry statement alleging that India was seeking a “pretext for a false flag operation targeting Pakistan.”
Authorities said there was consensus that the Imran Khan government’s effort to distance itself from the terrorists it supports and the infiltration was a preemptive move and indicated a fresh push from Pakistani terror launch platforms in the coming weeks.
The meeting noted the increase in infiltration and how Pakistan was funding newly created teams such as The Resistance Front or the JK Pir Panjal Peace Forum to claim that terrorism in the Kashmir valley was indigenous and not sponsored by Pakistan.
From Islamabad’s perspective, an official said, putting the Pakistan Air Force on high alert was also designed to promote the narrative of Imran Khan calling on the international community to intervene so that there is no confrontation between the two armed neighbors. nuclear.
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Doval, who spent hours listening to the assessment of senior security officials, told them that the counter-infiltration network needed to be strengthened so that no terrorist launched by Pakistan could enter the valley without question.
The security forces were able to block many infiltration attempts in April. But according to an assessment by intelligence agencies, almost 25-30 had still slipped.
The NSA also told officials to step up engagement with terrorists in the Kashmir Valley.
The five-hour meeting was attended by the army chief general, Manoj Mukund Naravane, the director of the Intelligence Office, Arvinda Kumar, the head of the Investigation and Analysis wing, Samant Kumar Goel, the director general of the Army Force. Border Security, SS Deswal, the head of the Central Reserve Police Force, AK Maheshwari.
Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dilbag Singh, Northern Army Commander, Lt. Gen. YK Joshi, and Commanding General Officer of the Srinagar-based 15 Army Corps, Lt. Gen. BS Raju and Commander of The 16 Nagrota-based corps, Lt. Gen. Harsha Gupta, had also flown into the country. capital for high level review.
The NSA Ajit Doval then led a select group of senior officials to meet with the Union’s Interior Minister, Amit Shah, who was briefed on the deliberations and their findings.
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A senior counterterrorism official told the Hindustan Times that the NSA Doval meeting exhaustively analyzed the infiltration routes that had been used by Pakistani terrorists and suggested some ground-level adjustments that could help ensure that the infiltrated terrorists were detected.
Intelligence agencies have stressed that border surveillance forces must be prepared for a new push from terror launch platforms that have been activated in Pakistan-occupied Dudhnial, Sharda and Athmuqam, in the Keran sector on this side of the LOC.
“We also take note of Pakistan’s frequent violations of the ceasefire, often to distract forces as terrorists infiltrate,” said a senior government official. According to information available with the security forces, more than 400 terrorists affiliated with different Pakistan-based terror groups, from Jaish to Lashkar-e-Taiba, could be expected to attempt to enter the country in the coming months to increase the presence of terrorists. in the valley.
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