Highlighting the security forces’ framework of neutralising terror activities in Kashmir valley, former Chinar Corps commander Lt Gen Anil Bhatt (Retd) said the troops eliminated three nephews of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar within a few days of entering India.
Lt Gen Bhatt (Retd) was Chinar Corps commander in 2018, when the Indian Army conducted extensive operations against terrorist leadership in the Kashmir valley, eliminating major groups operating in the region, and killing 274 terrorists in a single year.
He served in Jammu and Kashmir thrice.
Lt Gen Bhatt said, “We have reduced the average age of a terrorist. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen leaders previously would not survive for 5-10 years. By the time my tenure was ending, their survival was nine months. The survival rate of local youth who took up arms was six months. The outcome has been that fewer people join them.”
He said the situation was made difficult for the terrorist organisations as a result Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar sent his nephews to carry out terror activities.
“The situation was like that the Jaish leader Masood Azhar sent his nephews to the Tral area. The first nephew who was supposedly a great leader who was a Sniper and had claimed that he would create the situation in Tral the way it was 15 years back. He was eliminated within 15 days. The second nephew was sent, and we eliminated him in 10 days. And, the third nephew was eliminated in three days. That was the kind of intelligence network we had,” Bhatt said.
Bhatt said that the bodies of the foreign terrorists were sent back to their country. “It is a rule we follow in Kashmir, the bodies of foreign terrorists are buried at a place which we have identified.”
Earlier, India’s relentless efforts to list Pakistan-based terrorists paid off as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under its Islamic State and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
This listing comes after China last year put on hold India’s bid to name the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader a global terrorist.
China finally lifted its ‘technical hold’ on the designation of Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions Committee after the country was left isolated in the Security Council.
Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He has occupied various leadership roles within LeT, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO). He has also played a role in raising funds for LeT operations.
Abdul Rehman Makki under the Sanctions Committee, also known as the UNSC 1267 Committee.
However, India and the US have already listed Makki as a terrorist under their domestic laws. He has been involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalising youth to violence and planning attacks in India, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
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