Army’s operation in Keran to evict terrorists under scanner
21 Oct 2013 5:47 AM IST
The claims made by the Army regarding the eviction of entrenched terrorists in Keran sector has come under scrutiny following the reports filed by the central and state agencies. According to the agency report from Srinagar, the FIRs filed in the matter do not match with the claims made by the Army.
The FIRs filed by Army units with the local police that said the causalities were reported from three different places that are far off from the Shalabatu village. Shalabhatu is a village divided between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, official sources said. Shalabatu village was one of the famous infiltration routes in early 1990s.
The first FIR was registered on 24 September in which one militant, aged 65-70, was killed. The FIR, 237/13 was filed in Kupwara mentioning that an encounter had taken place at Lasadnath area, a place from where it takes three days to reach Shalabatu.
The second FIR, 241/13 was filed in Kupwara after one army jawan was injured. This incident had also taken place at Lasadnath area. The third FIR 09/13 was filed on October four in which Army reported that two militants were killed at Gujjar Dor, 27 kms west of Shalabatu village. This FIR was registered at Keran police station.
The fourth FIR was again in Keran on 5 October in which four militants were killed in Fatehgali, a place 30 km from the area. Explaining the distances, the Army has said, ‘Terrorists initially made a desperate infiltration bid in Shalabatu area, which was foiled by our troops. The survivors attempted to infiltrate from multiple points in adjacent areas in the same sector, like Gujjar Dor and Fatehgali, where they were engaged and eliminated.’
But reports from the ground suggests that the army operations, which were said to have been stopped on October 8, continued even five days later till a joint team of BSF and Army managed to reach the three border posts — Khokhri, Kulari and Mangerta.
The FIRs filed by Army units with the local police that said the causalities were reported from three different places that are far off from the Shalabatu village. Shalabhatu is a village divided between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, official sources said. Shalabatu village was one of the famous infiltration routes in early 1990s.
The first FIR was registered on 24 September in which one militant, aged 65-70, was killed. The FIR, 237/13 was filed in Kupwara mentioning that an encounter had taken place at Lasadnath area, a place from where it takes three days to reach Shalabatu.
The second FIR, 241/13 was filed in Kupwara after one army jawan was injured. This incident had also taken place at Lasadnath area. The third FIR 09/13 was filed on October four in which Army reported that two militants were killed at Gujjar Dor, 27 kms west of Shalabatu village. This FIR was registered at Keran police station.
The fourth FIR was again in Keran on 5 October in which four militants were killed in Fatehgali, a place 30 km from the area. Explaining the distances, the Army has said, ‘Terrorists initially made a desperate infiltration bid in Shalabatu area, which was foiled by our troops. The survivors attempted to infiltrate from multiple points in adjacent areas in the same sector, like Gujjar Dor and Fatehgali, where they were engaged and eliminated.’
But reports from the ground suggests that the army operations, which were said to have been stopped on October 8, continued even five days later till a joint team of BSF and Army managed to reach the three border posts — Khokhri, Kulari and Mangerta.
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