“Pakistan has once again started promoting militancy”: Defence expert Qamar Agha on recent terror attacks in J-K

New Delhi [India]: Defence Expert Qamar Agha said on Tuesday that Pakistan has once again started promoting militancy in the region as it wants to thwart the developmental agenda that is being carried out by the Centre there after the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch-Rajouri sector.

Qamar Agha said, “Pakistan is trying to create a new situation and once again trying to promote militancy as the graph of militancy has gone down and people have realised that militancy has no solution. Developmental agenda was being promoted there, a number of companies are planning to invest that will create jobs.”

On the Army soldiers being killed in terror attacks, Agha said,” It is sad that India lost quite a few bravehearts. Pakistan’s strategy is to destabilise this region so they have started sending militants again. This region is easy for them due to dense forests and bypasses being there so it is easy for them to infiltrate.”

Reacting to the deaths of three civilians in the Poonch-Rajouri sector, Qamar Agha said that the Indian Army will definitely take this matter seriously.

“It is an isolated incident but it has happened. The Indian Army is known for its discipline all over the world; discipline is of paramount importance to them and this is a message to boost the morale of the army as soldiers and a message to Pakistan that we take militancy seriously,” Agha said.

The Poonch-Rajouri sectors are the responsibility of the 16 Corps, which is going to see a routine change in command as the incumbent Lt Gen Sandeep Jain is handing over command to Lt Gen Naveen Sachdev.
Earlier, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande visited the Rajouri-Poonch sector on Monday to review the security situation in the area.

The Army Chief visited the area where the recent attacks on security forces have taken place in the Poonch-Rajouri sector. The Army chief was briefed on the situation by Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and other senior officers on the ground and the steps taken to plug the security gaps.

The Staff Court of Inquiry is being headed by a Major General-rank officer who would also be taking responsibility for the deaths of three civilians who were taken into custody by 48 RR troops right after the Dera ki Gali terror attack, in which four troops were killed and their bodies were also mutilated.

The Indian Army is also further strengthening its preparedness on the Line of Control and the international border, from where these terrorists have been trying to infiltrate into the Indian side from across.