Indian Occupied Kashmir is in lockdown for more than five and a half months where almost one million soldiers of Indian army and LEAs are present in the valley. There is severe restriction on movements of people and flow of information. In these circumstances when each and every yard and street is guarded by Indian Army and paramilitary forces, the movement of so-called jehadi groups is impossible. The media in India regularly reports about encounters between freedom fighters and Indian Army, with bogey of Pakistan as the main narrative. Taral-encounter that took place between 24 and 25th January is one such example. There are intelligence reports suggesting that Indian intelligence is planning another false flag operation on or around the Indian Republic Day to place the blame on Pakistan.
The federal government has fine-tuned its strategy to deal with the issue on various fronts. “We are ready to deal with any emergency situation. We have been informing our friendly countries about our intelligence and will take immediate action if and when needed,” the official said. After the recent successes of Pakistan on diplomatic and international forums, and positive vibes that Pakistan would be taken out of the Grey List, there is a possibility for a false flag operation to shift media focus from situation developing in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and the protests being held across mainland India after CAA and NRC legislation. However, Pakistan has made it clear that any misadventure would be met with full force. India will have to think twice keeping in view last year’s experience.
“We need to expose the link of RSS with Indian Military, Indian Intelligence, and Indian Police, also highlight the role of UP police in killing and rioting in NRC protests. The role of RSS and its surrogates in BJP needs to be brought under the spotlight,” the official said. However, he said that the recent arrest of Indian DSP Dalvinder Singh from IOK and his startling disclosures have once again raised questions on the role of Indian Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and false flag operation against people of Kashmir. “India Today report of January 13 suggests that the nexus between a decorated J&K Police officer and the terrorists is likely to ruffle many a feather, as the past of the DSP is going to haunt the intelligence agencies for long time to come.
There has been a track record of involvement of Indian Military, Police and Intelligence agencies in false flag operations to gain international attention, and there is a need to carry out an analysis of how deep is this network and why the international community needs to raise the issue. The Indian intelligence had been badly exposed after the arrest of Davinder Singh; and reportedly National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is angry at the police for this arrest. There is also a question of whistleblowers and officer of conscience in Indian establishment who have raised their voice against this network and are persecuted by the Indian intelligence. IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt (Gujarat intelligence bureau 2002) had said that he attended a meeting at which Mr. Modi is alleged to have said that the Hindus should be allowed to vent their anger.
A BBC report of 2011 had identified that police officers in India had openly admitted in the Supreme Court that the then Chief Minister Gujarat Narendra Modi had approved Gujarat Massacre in 2002. “Sanjiv Bhatt had submitted an affidavit with Indian Supreme Court alleging that Modi had deliberately allowed anti-Muslim riots. Thousands of people were killed in the violence in 2002. He also alleged that in a meeting in the night before the riots Mr. Modi told officials that the Muslim community needed to be taught a lesson following an attack on a train carrying Hindu pilgrims. Sanjiv Bhatt had been arrested, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by BJP government in 2018 to punish him in speaking truth in accordance with dictates of his conscience.