J K News Today

It is very easy to say that the security in Jammu and Kashmir has improved since the going away of the special status of  the erstwhile state and its bifurcation into the two union territories of J&K, and Ladakh .  The facts should speak , not the  narratives built on perceptions .

And here  is  a series of  revealing changing security scenario in J&K. The security in J&K is multi-dimensional , this is where its importance lies.  The origins and its perpetuation  lie in Pakistan , hence Pakistan’s trouble-making attempts are to be divided into three categories : ( a) Its direct support to terrorists and training them in the terror-training camps deep in Pakistan in Punjab and  Khyber   Pakhtunkhwa   , and in the  Pakistan occupied  Jammu and Kashmir , (b) infiltration of terrorists from across the LoC to replenish the terrorists organisations cadre  and to give a boost to the terrorist at the receiving end  in the Valley, and through regular infiltration attempts, it wants the Indian army to be tied to the LoC . These infiltration attempts are given the fire cover. Third, it is its attempt to radicalize the youth through specially set up special  sleeping cells  that are at work even during these corona times , and now the propaganda is beamed  on the airwaves  through cyber world .

Statistics are dismissed as numbers that have no relevance to the ground situation , because the numbers never reflect the emotional picture . But the statistics do  show a trend – if the rising statistics could be  relevant and self-speaking in 1990s or  early 2,000s , why it should not be now.

A study  compiled comparing the security scenario in numbers from January 1 to July 15 of the last year and this year show how the things have changed . There were  122 incidents during this period this year as against 188 in 2019, 22 civilians were killed as against 23  last year.

The number of the security forces personnel  killed  last year was horrifying 75  against 126 terrorists during this period in 2019, this year it is  35 security forces personnel and the terrorists killing number has risen to 136.

Among the terrorists killed  were top commanders  of Hiab-ul-Mujahadeen Riyaz Naikoo , LeT’s Haider and  Jem” Qari Yasir and  AguH’s Burhan  Koka .

This is what the J&K police has stated , and it has also disclosed that 110 of them were  locals and rest Pakistanis.

The security forces have struck hard  at the overround network ; 22 terrorists, 300 of their associates and Overground Workers were arrested. Local police have claimed that there has been 40 per cent dip in the  local recruitment into terrorist organisations . The strike calls are shrunk,  and separatists have disintegrated .

These changes have made the people feel safe and secure.