Nearly 19 ceasefire violations have taken place this year, 51 in 2011, 44 in 2010 and 28 in 2009. This is in violation of cease fire treaty of 2003 between India and Pakistan. Apart from cease fire violations, ultras from across the cease fire line have been making repeated attempts to sneak into Indian side of the cease fire line and indulge in subversive activities. Alert Army jawans have successfully foiled most of these infiltration bids this year. Lt Gen K T Parnaik, General Officer Commanding, Northern Command, said last week that this year, there have been 45 attempts made by infiltrators to come in but figures revealed there were 15 attempts made till June in which 35 to 38 militants have succeeded in infiltrating. Latest bids for infiltration were made in Gurez and Poonch sectors. Krishna Ghati in Poonch sector has been the scene of recurrent firing by Pakistani troops and even a flag meeting was held at Chakan da Bagh between senior army officers from both sides to hammer out restoration of peace in Krishna Ghati and elsewhere in Poonch Sector.
In Gurez sector, Krishen Ganga Valley provides the route to the infiltrators and they seek vulnerable points wherefrom they can sneak in. Last time, no fewer than 13 infiltrators who had tried to sneak in somewhere in Gurez Sector were gunned down by the security forces. This time two groups moving separately tried to infiltrate again in Gurez sector. In the skirmishes that ensue we lost one jawan.
An overview of infiltration bids along the LoC in J&K and cease fire violations committed by the Pakistani troops not only in J&K but also along international border in Samba and Kathua sectors of Jammu region show that armed gangs operating along LoC on PoK side have stepped up their effort of disrupting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. There is no relenting of their bid to destabilize the position. For some time in the past, Islamabad has been saying that those involved in infiltration are non-state actors. In other words Islamabad wants to convey to us that it has no control over the terrorists who are freely moving in PoK with no restrictions on their activities. We are aware that some Pakistani jihadi organizations have taken law into their hand, and, having whipped up religious and anti-India frenzy among vast illiterate population, have become uncontrollable for the Pakistani civilian government. The worst is that these armed groups have full backing from Pakistan Army and its super intelligence agency. The LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and many other proscribed by the Government are active under different nomenclature and continue to receive full patronage from the ISI. In 2007, Pakistan stopped regular funding of its Kashmir-centric jihadi organizations owing to severe financial crunch. But the ultra religious organizations stepped in and exacerbated their anti-India propaganda which helped them immensely to raise funds from private sources. Pakistani Diaspora in western countries and more importantly in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries, big business houses and zealots among the expatriates contributed hefty amounts by way of donation to boost anti-India jihad movement of these organizations. This is within the knowledge of Pakistani civilian government. Additionally, these jihadi groups are told that official level dialogue between India and Pakistan is likely to result in Islamabad abandoning Kashmir issue once for all because of other pressing problems threatening the very survival of Pakistan state. Therefore they are prompted to accelerate the pace of violence in J&K which includes increasing bids of infiltration to boost the morale of few ultras active over-ground in Kashmir.
In its upgraded border security strategy, thanks to the innovative vision of GOC-in-C Northern Command, Indian army has been disallowing the enemy chances of infiltration along the LoC. The ultras, assembled at several places along the cease fire line, are trying to explore new sneaking points and strategies. Apart from being detected by vigilant Indian security forces, they are now faced with another problem. The civilian population of the Krishen Ganga (Neelam) valley along which the ultras move for infiltration, have been protesting against the movement of the militants into their villages and areas and have warned local authorities to stop the movement of unwanted militants in Neelam Valley. They fear that in retaliation to the firing by the militants on Indian posts, the Indians will open the mouth of their guns and in the process their houses, farms, cattle and people all get smashed and destroyed. It is likely that the local population will one day come into armed clash with the ultras, and, in consequence, ISI’s design of promoting subversion in our part of the State will meet with utter failure. Recurring bids by the infiltrators plus other subversive activities like the 400 meter tunnel in the border area of Samba are only manifestations of desperation on the part of ISI. The country is thankful to our jawans and the leadership that have frustrated enemy’s bids so far. In future our army will be more effective and even aggressive if need arises.
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