Highly trained cadres of JeM from its Peshawar camps are identified to carry out IED attacks on the Indian Armed Forces in Sopore and other South Kashmir towns.
Despite reassurances from the central government that the increased troop movement is due fo terror threat inputs, the Kashmiri politicians continue to remain in a state of panic.
Angrez Singh Rana, the district commissioner of Kishtwar has informed that the Machail Yatra to Goddess Durga shrine in the district has been suspended.
On Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had issued a security advisory for the Amarnath yatra pilgrims, citing terror threat in the Kashmir valley.
In a press conference, Indian Army had just revealed that an American M-24 sniper rifle and Pakistan made mines have been recovered from the Amarnath Yatra route.
The Commander of the Chinar Corps mentioned that an M-24 American made sniper rifle and a Pakistani made mine has been recovered from a terrorist cache in Kashmir.
The central government has reportedly pressed for heavy-lift planes like the C-17s for rapid mobilisation of troops. The army and the air force have reportedly been put on high alert.