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Kashmir Sentinel November 2002renegades and the partisan use made by opportunistic politicians has brought disrepute to all the goodwork done by SoG and STF wings of state police.18-40 Panun Kashmir PublicationPDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com
Kashmir Sentinel November 200219 Offer amnesty, revamp SOG, equip forcesBy Manoj JoshiThe installation of a PDP-Congress government may have changed the political ambience of the Valley,but the threat of terrorism and insurgency is alive and kicking. Thousands of armed men belonging to adozen organisations remain in the Valley. Some are dormant, waiting to see which way the wind isblowing. Others, like the Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Al-Badr, are ready to act at thebidding of their masters in Pakistan. How can they be neutralised?First, offer Kashmiri militants an amnesty with a realistic rehabilitation package. This could encouragethose who are dormant to surrender. Second, negotiate with Pakistan to end cross-border infiltration. Thisis not as farfetched as it seems since Gen. Musharraf actually committed himself to the idea in June andthe result was a perceptible drop in militancy for a month or so thereafter.Third, step up the anti-terrorist campaign in the urban areas to eliminate terrorists sheltering there. Thisrequires good intelligence and a reconstructed Special Operations Group. The SOG, a special arm of theJ&K police, has played an important role in curbing urban militancy, but their undisciplined conduct andoccasional atrocities made them counter-productive.Fourth, provide market rate compensation for people whose houses are destroyed in anti-terroristconfrontations. When the police learn of militants hiding in a house, they surround it. The confrontationusually ends with the house being destroyed, killing the militants holed up inside. The owner, who in alllikelihood was coerced into sheltering the militants, merely gets Rs 1-2 lakhs as compensation. So mostpeople facing the predicament prefer to let the militants hide there hoping they will leave soon. Informingthe police is seen as the worst option since it ends up in the loss of home and hearth.Fifth, step up operations against hardcore Pakistan jihadis sheltering in the high mountains. Typical Armytroops such as the Rashtriya Rifles are not sufficiently trained or motivated to tackle these tenaciousadversaries some of whom are fidayeen forces.Special forces units conduct daring and difficult operations against these militants with considerablesuccess because they are trained and have the professional confidence to operate in small groups deep inthe mountains. India needs to raise two divisions of SF units if it is to sanitise the heights from which thePakistanis have been operating for the past five years.Sixth, raise the training standards and equipment of the police and para-military forces operating in theValley. Better trained forces are more disciplined and less prone to committing excesses. Equipmentlevels are abysmal with the BSF, for example, having to make do with 20 kg bullet-proof plates instead oflighter jackets.Panun Kashmir Publication 19-41PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com
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