That the Modi Govt will respond with might to the Pahalgam massacre has been made clear.
The question is when. There is also another important question -- Why has Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir risked a military confrontation with India at this juncture?
That despite witnessing India's resolve after the Uri and Pulwama terror strikes.
Intelligence reports suggest that terrorists are planning targeted killings and a larger attack in retaliation for the destruction of terrorists' houses following last week's Pahalgam strikes.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has closed 48 out of 87 tourist destinations across Kashmir after intelligence agencies warned of the possibility of more terror attacks, following last week’s terror strikes in Pahalgam.
Communication intercepts have confirmed that some sleeper cells in the valley were activated following the Pahalgam attack and have been instructed to initiate operations, according to sources.
"In light of the recent militant attack on tourists dated 22.04.2025, reliable inputs from credible sources and sister intelligence agencies suggest that militant organisations are actively planning attacks targeting security forces and non-local individuals in the upcoming days," said intelligence inputs accessed by 'India Today'.
There are chances of enhanced attacks in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts.
In response, security forces have deployed anti-fidayeen squads, primarily from the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, to sensitive tourist locations, including Gulmarg, Sonamarg, and the Dal Lake areas. Overall, security measures have been significantly strengthened.
It also indicated that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is planning targeted attacks on non-local individuals, CID personnel, and Kashmiri Pandits.
Inputs indicate that terrorists, active across North, Central, and South Kashmir, are planning targeted killings, along with a larger, more impactful attack, in retaliation for the destruction of active terrorists' houses in the valley following the Pahalgam attack.
The report further warned that, given the vulnerability of railway infrastructure and the significant presence of non-local railway staff in the Valley, the possibility of an attack targeting the Railways cannot be ruled out. Agencies have advised railway security personnel to avoid moving outside their designated camps and barracks.
On April 22, a group of Pakistan-based terrorists opened fire on people holidaying in Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist destination in Kashmir, killing 26, mostly tourists.
The attack has led to a massive exodus of tourists from Kashmir.
Security agencies have launched a massive anti-terror operation across the state, executing coordinated raids, detaining hundreds of suspects and terror sympathisers, as they search for the perpetrators of the Pahalgam carnage, which also involved a local terrorist. Authorities have also destroyed several homes of active terrorists in the valley as the crackdown intensifies.
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Pahalgam terror attack, has launched an on-site investigation and recreated the crime scene.
The agency is also set to question local workers present at the site, including those associated with the zipline facility, as well as survivors like Gujarati tourist Rishi Bhatt, whose video footage captured images of the terrorists.
Pakistan seems to be losing sleep over a possible retaliation by India following the Pahalgam terror attack and has taken several steps along the Line of Control (LoC) to detect possible manoeuvres by the Army.
Reports say Pakistani army is moving its radar systems to forward locations in the Sialkot sector to detect possible Indian airstrikes.
Electronic warfare detachments of the Pakistani army are also being deployed to forward locations to detect Indian movements opposite the Ferozepur sector.
Pakistan set up a TPS-77 radar site at Chor Cantonment, just 58 km from the international border.
The TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (MRR) is a highly capable radar system and is used worldwide for situational awareness and air traffic monitoring.
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Time is inappropriate and unstable. Or, I would have asked how Delhi could extend all sorts of benefits- crores of rupees- and all sorts of support to the Tripura terrorists who committed brutal civilian genocides, selectively here too, for their -the unfortunate victims -being Bengalis and Hindus. Those genocides were no less inhuman than Pahalgam terror.
ReplyDeleteOr, how Tripura government could extend police security, escorts and house guards, massive Type VI government bungalows for them ?- those police /TSR who were killed by the same terrorists once. Unfortunately these policemen and TSR are now saluting these killers.
Then, keep in mind there is a long list of Tripura Terrorists who had gone to Pakistan, been trained by ISI and monitored by the Pakistani establishments ( also Bangladeshi DGFI) in order to commit man slaughters and bleed the state white in an attempt to create "separate and sovereign Tripura'.
In J&K some local political entities overtly or covertly support terrorists. Here is the same experience.
It is, indeed, seriously distressing that the political and government stand on the question of opposing or supporting or maintaining silence over "death-cult" does not follow a singular and straight formula.
Yes, there are some differences that I must admit. For example, some abhor pork and some love pork. Some are foreign characters some are homegrown. But at the base they share one thing that is common - morbid and murderous intoxication for man slaughter. They are blood thirsty butchers.
But it is definitely not the time to talk about it, I agree. But I shall come back oneday with details ( if you so want)...
-- Manas Paul, Senior journalist, Agartala, Tripura