Hard Hitting Realities of Laweypora #HMT #SrinagarEncounter for those who will try their best to draw a parallel between #Amshipora and #Laweypora.
A #Thread.
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#Lawaypora was a joint #operation launched by parties of #JKP, #Army & CRPF based on specific #intelligence about the presence of #terrorists in the Lawaypora area.
Based on intelligence input, cordon was laid & all the standard operating procedures were followed.
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The #operation was conducted right besides the NH44 under full #media glare of both #national & regional media. The operation lasted for 18 hours in the thickly populated area with heavy traffic & numerous houses in the vicinity that had direct view of the entire #encounter site.

All the laid down #protocols were followed by the Joint team of #Security Forces & repeated #surrender appeals were made despite provocation of locals through social media by #Pakistan handlers and #terrorist tanzeems.
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#Security Forces exercised utmost restraint & avoided collateral damage during entire #operation, despite the delinquent crowd pelting stones & throwing petrol #bombs at Security Forces after calls for protest were made by terrorist tanzeems on #socialmedia.
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#Police provided irrefutable evidences of linkages of killed #terrorists with tanzeems and terrorists. #DGP and #LG stated that claims of families are also being looked into, but all #evidences refuted the claims of the #family members.

In an interview with local #journalist all three families made startling revelation that their sons had informed that they are going to #Srinagar & they might get late & might return next #morning & also that their phones may be switched off due to low battery.

Why did they all separately but gave same reason to their family members. Not difficult to guess I believe.
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It has been established through technical evidence that all traveled together to encounter site. Armed with weapons, grenades and ammunition, occupied vacant building next to NH. Timing of evening chosen because security forces lift the security pickets by this time.

Is it difficult to guess their motive of carrying out terror attack. Hasn't this been the modus operandi of terrorists before?

The argument that their names were not in the #police list does not hold any water as those in the know-how are well aware of the fact that it is not sacrosanct that a youth will first go missing, then his report will be filed & then a tanzeem own up his name.

#Terrorist sympathisers who earlier used to establish physical contact for recruitment into terror groups, now due to cracked down by security forces, have changed modus operandi by not only recruiting online but also coordinating terrorist attacks online https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-security-tightens-terrorists-use-cyberspace-to-recruit-in-jammu-and-kashmir-report-2347209

It is undisputed that even the first act of #terrorism will hold the same weightage as 2nd or 3rd act. Numerous recent attacks & killings of kashmiris like Baba Qadri, #BDC member Bhopinder Singh & a jeweler in #Srinagar have been attributed to OGWs & #Terrorist Associates.

Arm chair activists need to understand the complex ground realities in which security forces operate. No two operations will be identical and hence nuances of one cannot be extrapolated on another based on propaganda by people with vested interests.
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It goes without saying that #terrorists armed with weapons, ammunition & war like stores engaging security forces with intention to kill will be dealt as such anywhere in the world. It does not matter if it is their first act or if names does not appear in the police list, period