Indian Army Gearing Up for a Hot Summer in Kashmir

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Srinagar, March 28 (by Fayaz Wani): A day after eight militants were killed in a gunfight near the defacto border in the Indian administered Kashmir, Indian army Sunday warned of a hot summer on militancy front in the restive region this year.

"This summer is going to be hot on the militancy front in Kashmir. Already 300 militants are active in Kashmir while 400 others are waiting to sneak into Kashmir from Pakistani controlled Kashmir (PcK) to create trouble in the region," Brigadier General Staff 15th Corps Gurmeet Singh told the media in Srinagar.

He said, "Around 400 infiltrators are ready to infiltrate into this side of Kashmir from 20 different launching pads in Pak. Besides some 280-300 militants are currently active in Kashmir".

He, however, said Indian army is prepared to deal with any situation. "We have reactivated the Counter infiltration posts along the Line of Control (LoC). These posts are being left unattended by the Indian army during the harsh winter months. We have also increased our deployment along the LoC and are repairing the damaged border fencing to thwart any attempt by militants to sneak into Kashmir," he said adding, "8, AK 47/56 rifles, one pistol, 3 UBGL grenades, 5 hand grenades, 1 GPS, 3 Thuraya set, 5 ICOM, 5 mobile phone, 3 map sheets, 2 matrix sheet, 1 binocular (high resolution), Indian currency 98, 000 out of which Rs 50,000 is fake were recovered from the slain militants".

Singh said the militants have changed their strategy and are now working in close coordination. "The Lashkar, Hizbul Mujahideen and other militants are working in tandem. The militants who were recently killed in the Keran sector belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen," he said.

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NEWS FLASH - 'Pak army officer key conspirator of Pune blast'

Investigations into the February 13 Pune blast are now pointing to a serving Pakistan army officer as a key conspirator.
The name of Colonel Hamad alias Abdul Rahman of the Pakistan army has been revealed by terrorist Shaik Abdul Khwaja alias Amjad, who is under arrest.
Amjad was an important asset of the ISI and carried out many terror attacks in India from Pakistani soil. He was arrested in a covert operation by RAW in Colombo last month. His disclosures have given a new dimension to the German Bakery blast probe.

Sources told Headlines Today that India is now seriously considering taking up the issue with the Pakistan foreign secretary on February 25 during the foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries.

Amjad has confessed that Colonel Rahman approached him with surveillance videos of the Osho Ashram and Chabad House of Pune. The meeting to plot the attack was organised at an ISI hideout in Gulisthan-e-Johar area of Karachi.
Amjad has revealed that the ISI uses this hideout to house fugitive terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Colonel Hamad had brought a laptop on which he played the surveillance videos of Osho Ashram and Chabad House.
Apart from Amjad, Amir Raza Khan and another fugitive Indian terrorist Syed Abdul Rahman Hussain alias Bada Sajid were present at the meeting. Colonel Hamad asked for Amjad's help in striking the Osho Ashram and Chabad House.

It was David Coleman Headley, a prime conspirator of the 26/11 carnage, who did the surveillance of the Osho Ashram and Chabad House and made videos. These were handed to his masters in Pakistan.

Amjad told the police that Colonel Hamad is a key handler of the Lashkar. It is clear that surveillance videos prepared by Headley were handed over to the ISI, which then raised a fresh module in India to carry out the Pune blast.

Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/85359/LATEST%20HEADLINES/%27Pak+army+officer+key+conspirator+of+Pune+blast%27.html