How demonetisation foiled terror bid in J-K
Terrorists came to the valley to create unrest, but found no takers
Another plan of creating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir was recently foiled by security forces. According to intelligence sources, three terrorists from Pakistan had come into the Valley with a plan of creating another unrest. These men were subsequently killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday in Arwani, Anantnag.
However, the lack of local support and quick action by the armed forces ensured that they were unsuccessful in their venture.
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The
terrorists,
Amin
Dhar,
Waseem
Mattoo
and
Ahmad
Zargar
were
launched
into
the
Valley
by
Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
The
original
plan
was
to
carry
out
an
attack,
but
for
this,
they
needed
the
support
of
the
locals
who
would
once
again
come
out
on
the
streets
and
pelt
stones.
A
senior
officer
with
the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
police
informed
OneIndia
that
the
plan
fell
flat
for
various
reasons.
First
and
foremost,
the
terrorists
got
no
local
support
from
the
stone
pelters,
since
their
paymasters
have
not
been
able
to
pay
them
after
demonetisation.
Fatigued
and
demonetised:
The
officer
noted
that
the
unrest
in
the
Valley
lasted
nearly
five
months.
"There
is
also
this
fatigue
factor
that
has
crept
in
and
people
have
decided
to
go
about
their
lives
normally.
The
terrorists
who
are
being
launched
from
Pakistan
are
not
finding
the
necessary
local
support.
Moreover,
with
winter
setting
in,
activity
on
the
streets
has
also
dropped
drastically,"
the
officer
also
notes.
The
terrorists
were
expecting
local
support.
But
the
security
forces
were
able
to
corner
and
gun
them
down
easily
as
they
found
no
support
locally.
Documents
and
material
seized
from
the
terrorists
suggested
that
they
were
in
the
Valley
for
a
long
haul.
Had
they
managed
to
dodge
security
agencies
and
found
local
support
then
Kashmir
would
have
started
at
another
round
of
unrest.