New Delhi/Srinagar, Oct 31 : Militants making attempts to recreate a 1990 like situation in Kashmir by killing eleven civilians, including five non-locals, has been thwarted by the security forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Government.
In the first fortnight of October the ultras went on a killing spree across the Valley targeting members of the minority communities and poor labourers from outside Kashmir. Design was clear that they wanted to create fear in the minds of minorities so that they would leave Kashmir. The ploy did work up to some extent as many poor labourers left the Valley to save their lives. But the counter offensive launched by security forces against the militants led to fifteen ultras getting killed in different encounters just within a span of a few days. On the other hand, the Jammu and Kashmir administration also sent a strong message by revisiting history. It also organized various programmes to drive home that terror cannot haunt Jammu and Kashmir again. (IANS)