TERRORISM IN JAMMU
ACTIVITIES ARE ENHANCED RECENTLY
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
Captain Brijesh Thapa, 3-Army jawans and a policeman were
killed one day ago in a terrorist attack in Jammu’s Doda area.
Kashmir Tigers, a front of Jaise-e-Mohammad has taken the
responsibility of this attack.
We suffered from a few more attacks by terrorists and deaths
of our defence personnel in recent past in
Jammu region.
Civilian deaths were also not less.
As usual, we have begun pointing fingers at Pakistan for
this latest terrorist attacks. This is just like the famous Pavlov syndrome, which
I don’t want to explain further. But have we truly understood or tried to
understand why are so many attacks happening recently in Jammu?
TIMELINE OF MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS IN J&K—Last 9 Months:-
July 16, 2024: Four Army soldiers were killed in action
in Doda.
July 8, 2024: Five Army personnel were killed in action
and five others injured in an attack on a military convoy in Kathua district.
June 11-12, 2024: Six soldiers were injured in twin attacks.
June 9, 2024: Nine people were killed and 33 injured
after terrorists attacked a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi.
May 4, 2024: One soldier of the Indian Air Force was killed and five
others injured in Poonch district.
December 21, 2023: Four soldiers killed in action.
November 22, 2023: Five soldiers, including two captains, were killed in
action.
IN ALL,
48 ARMED PERSONNELS ARE KILLED IN LAST
32MONTHS,AS REPORTED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS.
THE ANALYSIS:-
1.0 All these years, we focused heavily, and rightly so,
only on Kashmir Valley. We posted more
than 100,000 troops in Srinagar, Sopore, Anantnag, Pulwama and other districts
of the Valley. The assumption was that terrorists found refuge in the heavily
Muslim dominated regions of Kashmir valley. VERY CORRECT. And at the same time, the terrorists
were also finding it difficult to continue in K valley.
2.0 Meanwhile, these terrorists were shifting silently to
the heavily wooded areas of Jammu region, which is also close by to operate.
While Jammu is a primarily Hindu region, a good percentage of some of these areas’ population is made of Muslims,
and they are not friendly to India.
Therefore, dense forests and Muslim shelters, assistance, and logistics support
available have helped terrorists in
Jammu region to undertake their activities with better success rate. The
terrain is also helping..
3.0 Major General Bakshi says there is a vacancy of more
than 100,000 jawan-level positions in Indian Army which haven’t been filled up
since the outbreak of Covid-19. In fact, he accuses the government of being
casual towards filling these positions. Mr. Bakshi says the Modi Government
cares more about finances than national security.
4.0 Terrorists have taken advantage of this huge shortfall
of men, and the large GAP in Jammu. Some Army officers have said this
shortfall is also because many troops were shifted from Jammu to Ladakh after
the Galwan violence. “This is the cause, my
soul!”
WHAT EMERGE:
While it’s easy to blame PAKISTAN, and scream at Government
for these terrorist attacks, does it help really?. PM has taken a high level
review recently. Let’s give GOI and his
team a chance to manage the security situation in Jammu. There isn't any other
alternative really.
Jai Hind!
References:- Only a few are listed. All news papers covered
the information, and data.
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