Chinar Corps Commander Lt General K.J.S. Dhillon held a press conference on Friday elaborating on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir with other officers of the Indian Army. He asserted that the IEDs and terrorists expert in them point towards a definitive Pakistan hand in terrorism in Kashmir.
Lt General KJS Dhillon: Type of IEDs we are examining and the IED expert terrorists we are capturing and eliminating point to the fact that Pakistan is trying to disrupt peace in Kashmir. We assure ‘awaam’ of Kashmir that no one will be allowed to disrupt peace. https://t.co/RUXmnqyV0B
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2019
In addition, a Pakistani landmine has also been recovered from terrorists. The Army considers it to be definitive evidence of Pakistani involvement in terrorism in the valley and has asserted that it will not be tolerated.
Chinar Corps Commander Lt General K J S Dhillon in Srinagar: A Pakistan Army landmine has also been recovered from one of the caches of terrorists. This clearly indicates that Pakistan Army is involved in terrorism in Kashmir, this will not be tolerated. pic.twitter.com/p6vNcORypQ
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2019
The mine was displayed by the Army at the press conference. It bears the marks of the Pakistan Ordnance Factory.
J&K: The Pakistan Ordnance factory anti-personnel mine recovered from a terror cache busted by security forces. pic.twitter.com/7sB9RcLpvC
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2019
Furthermore, an American M-24 sniper rifle with a telescope was recovered from the Amarnath Yatra route. It points towards the threat of terrorism the devotees of Amarnath face.
Chinar Corps Commander Lt General K J S Dhillon in Srinagar: An M-24 American sniper rifle with a telescope was also recovered from a terror cache along Shri Amarnath ji route pic.twitter.com/VLmkmN8iAd
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2019
The Army also spoke clearly on the menace of home-grown terrorism. The country was informed that 83% of terrorists in Kashmir begin as stone pelters. 64% of them die within a year, 7% die within the first 10 days. The Army told the mothers in the valley that if they were willing to allow their sons to pelt stone at security forces for 500 rupees, then he will become terrorist in the future. The unsaid implication was that their sons will be dead within a year.
There was also a great terror threat to Amarnath Yatris. The Army said that IED attacks were planned against them. However, the route has been ‘sanitized’ by the Army.
Currently, the Amarnath Yatra is suspended due to bad weather conditions in the area. Mudslides and shooting stones were reported from the route. The Yatra is expected to resume after August 4.
