Terrorist Activities In Kashmir, Stone Pelting Are Now Nominal

Terrorist activities in Kashmir, stone-pelting, and bandh are now nominal; Things are almost normal now: Corps Commander General BS Raju.

Lt. General BS Raju, commander of the army’s Chinar Corps, said on Monday that the situation in Kashmir was now almost normal.

Terrorist activities, stone-pelting, and sequential bandh or anti-national protests are now few. A sense of security and trust can be felt in people.

Describing the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) as a positive initiative, he said that while this will bring peace to the lives of the people along the border, it will also have a positive effect on the interior parts of the state.

In a conversation with media persons here, Lt Gen BS Raju said that the last year has been relatively quiet. So far this year, the situation has been better than in previous years.

Violence has reduced significantly and you cannot just associate it with Covid-19. The improvement in the situation is also the result of the common people’s desire for peace and security.

He has helped maintain law and order everywhere. People want peace and prosperity here. If something good is happening here, only because of the local people. We have many expectations for the year 2021.

Referring to some recent terrorist incidents, he said that there are many such elements here that are against peace in Kashmir. He gets orders from across the LoC and commits.

Terrorist activities in Kashmir: Krishna Dhaba was attacked in the past. The attack was done to explain the situation here to foreign diplomats who came to Kashmir.

Infiltration cannot happen without Pak’s will: Raju said that infiltration of terrorists is a big challenge and problem. We are fully prepared to deal with it.

With the ceasefire, we expect the situation in the border areas to remain completely calm. This will also help in overcoming infiltration.

In the ceasefire, we can end the infiltration by completely controlling it. He also said that terrorists cannot infiltrate on this side without the will of Pakistan.

We know how to respond if Pakistan does not improve: On the situation of breaking of ceasefire by Pakistan despite the agreement, he said that we have to learn a lesson.

Although we are not willing to fire first or to maintain tension on the border, when Pakistan will make such a diktat, it will be explained through the system first fixed. If that eagle does not come, then we know how to answer.

Lack of recruitment of local youths in terrorist organizations: On the presence of sticky bombs, also known as magnet bombs, with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, he said that whenever terrorists have any new weapons, we will deal with them in the same way.

Decide your strategy. When asked about the new terrorist organizations, he said that the name does not matter, the terrorist is only a terrorist.

Well, one thing is satisfactory that now the recruitment of local boys in terrorist organizations is decreasing in the Valley.

The propaganda on internet media continues: Recruitment of terrorists through social media has been a problem. Although the propaganda is still going on to mislead the local youth on the internet media, to make them terrorists.

Such efforts did not increase after the resumption of the 4G mobile Internet service, but we have campaigned with the police and civil administration to reach out to the people, which is showing an impact.