Security forces have discussed various countermeasures against the emerging threat of “vehicle-borne” improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) on the national highway a week after militants ambushed an Army vehicle in Poonch and killed five soldiers.
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A meeting was organised in Anantnag in which Kashmir ADGP Vijay Kumar, Maj Gen Prashant Srivastava, GOC, Victor Force, CRPF IG MS Bhatia, BSF IG Ashok Yadav and others were present.
Ahead of G-20 meetings in Kashmir, security forces are on high alert.
A meeting in South Kashmir’s Anantnag was attended by top police, Army and CRPF officials who discussed potential threats from militants on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. Countermeasures were decided accordingly.
Kashmir ADGP Vijay Kumar, Major General Prashant Srivastava, GOC, Victor Force, CRPF IG (operations sector) MS Bhatia, BSF IG Ashok Yadav, Intelligence Bureau’s joint director, Army’s sector commanders and officials from other security agencies attended the meeting.
“The standard-operating procedures for the convoy movement were also discussed and accordingly upgraded. All field officers gave their assessments,” a police spokesperson said.
The ADGP instructed the top district police officers to focus on anti-militant operations, busting militant modules by apprehending their associates. “They were specially tasked to generate preventive intelligence and share timely amongst all stakeholders,” the police said.
Ahead of the arrival of global leaders for the G-20 meetings in Kashmir in May, the security forces have been on high alert and several measures have been taken to strengthen security on the highway. This includes deployment of additional troops, installation of CCTV cameras and the use of drones for surveillance.
On April 20, a deadly attack occurred in the Bhata Dhurian area of Poonch in which five soldiers were killed and another injured. “Various strategies to counter the emerging threat of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, which have become a preferred mode of attack for terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, were discussed in the meeting,” a top security official said. The GOC Victor force asked sector commanders to do extensive area domination at night too.
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The wife of the Army soldier, who lost his life in the Galwan clash with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in June 2020, was on Saturday commissioned into the Army as officer and has been posted to Ladakh.
Lt Rekha Singh, 29, passed out of the Officers Training Academy at Chennai and was allocated the Army Ordnance Corps. The family hails from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
She is the widow of Naik Deepak Singh of the Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Vir Chakra. They were married in November 2019, just seven months before the Galwan clash. From the Medical Corps, Naik Deepak Singh had been attached to the 16th battalion of the Bihar Regiment.
The Vir Chakra citation of Naik Deepak Singh reads, “Naik Singh assessed the battle situation and moved ahead to provide medical assistance. As the violence turned intense and casualties increased, he moved to the frontline to provide first aid to the injured soldiers.
“During the violence coupled with stone-pelting, he sustained grievous injuries but continued rendering medical support to the injured soldiers. He managed to save as many as 30 lives before succumbing to his injuries.”In early 2022, his widow, Rekha Singh, a BSc, Bed, was encouraged by the Army to take the UPSC exam. She cleared the exam and also the five-day SSB interview at Allahabad.
Five women, who were commissioned as officers in the Indian Army today, have been inducted into the Regiment of Artillery making them the firsts to join a “major combat support” arm of the Army.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Rekha Singh, wife of gallantry award-winning Army soldier Naik Deepak Singh who lost his life in the Galwan clash with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh in June 2020, was today commissioned into the Indian Army as an officer and has been posted to Ladakh.
The five women who were commissioned today completed their training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai. Three of these officers have been posted to units deployed along northern borders (with China) and the other two at locations in the Western Theatre (facing Pakistan).
Ladakh posting for Galwan hero’s wife
Lieutenant Rekha Singh (left) passed out of OTA, Chennai
She was allocated to the Army Ordnance Corps and posted to Ladakh
She is the wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was martyred in the Galwan clash
Rekha Singh is a BSc, B.Ed qualified teacher
She was encouraged by the Army in 2022 to take the UPSC exam
She cleared the exam and also the five-day SSB interview at Allahabad
Lt Mehak Saini was commissioned into a SATA regiment, Lt Sakshi Dubey and Lt Aditi Yadav into field regiments, Lt Pious Mudgil got commissioned into a medium regiment and Lt Akanksha was commissioned into a rocket regiment.
Though the artillery is classified as a “combat support arm”, most of its regiments are forward deployed. These young women officers will get adequate training and exposure to handle rockets, medium guns, field guns and surveillance and target acquisition (SATA) equipment.
The women officers being commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery are being provided exactly the same opportunities and challenges as their male counterparts. As many as 19 male officers have also been commissioned into the artillery, Army officials said. In January, Army Chief General Manoj Pande had announced the decision of commissioning women officers into the artillery. It was later approved by the government.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Rekha Singh (29) passed out of OTA Chennai today and allocated to the Army Ordnance Corps. She is the wife of Naik Deepak Singh of the Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Vir Chakra, the third highest war-time gallantry award. They got married in November 2019, just seven months before the Galwan clash.
From the Medical Corps, Naik Deepak Singh had been attached to the 16th Battalion of the Bihar Regiment.
The Vir Chakra citation of Naik Deepak Singh says: “During the violence coupled with stone-pelting, he sustained grievous injuries but continued rendering medical support to the injured soldiers. He managed to save as many as 30 lives before succumbing to his injuries,” the citation read.
In early 2022, his widow, Rekha Singh, a BSc, B.Ed-educated teacher, was encouraged by the Army to take the UPSC exam. She cleared the exam and also the five-day Services Selection Board (SSB) interview at Allahabad.
After tough childhood, twins from Punjab train together at OTA — one bags Sword of Honour, other to become officer soon
In a rare instance, two twin brothers have been undergoing pre-commission training together at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, and one of them bagged the top honours on becoming an officer on Saturday.
While Ajay Singh Gill passed out today to become a Lieutenant, his brother Arjun Singh Gill will pass out six months later. They hail from Pathankot in Punjab and after a tough childhood, emerged with flying colours.
Ajay Singh Gill was awarded the sword of honour and the gold medal for standing first in the order of merit in his course that passed out today. He has been commissioned into the Infantry’s Kumaon Regiment.
During those testing times their mother, who was working in Military Engineer Service, sustained the family. “Our childhood was full of challenges, trials and tribulations. I still cannot forget the nights which we as a family spent without a roof over our heads,” Ajay wrote in an in-house academy journal.
While their father kept shifting from place to place in search of a job, their mother was determined to send them to school and worked day and night to pay their school fees. At the age of 15, Ajay took up a part time job as a delivery boy with a pizza chain and started earning his school fees and helping his parents with household expenditure.
His teenage years have been quite different as compared to his course mates and other friends in school, as most of the time he was helping his father loading and unloading stuff on a pickup that he had purchased on load after quite a bit of struggle. There were days when he had to accompany my father on long tours.
According to Ajay, his father wanted that he and his brother don the olive green. He also wanted to re-establish his business in order to regain their lost status in society.
“My father’s dream for us and my mother’s encouragement and support continued to push and motivate me and my brother and we worked hard and always strived for excellence,” Ajay wrote.
“It was a dream come true when I joined the OTA and my brother followed suit in the next course. I am looking forward to becoming a professionally competent and respected officer of our great Indian Army, for which I shall leave no stone unturned,” he added.
The passing out parade was reviewed by General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army. A total of 186 cadets, including 28 from Bhutan, making up the Short Service Commission — 115 and Commission Short Service Commission (Women) – 29 courses, passed out from the OTA today.
The passing out parade also opened a new chapter for Indian women officers when for the first time, five women cadets got commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery, a combat arm. A total of 36 Indian women became officers today.
India’s economic growth, democratic and inclusive governance and ability to stand up to coercion and intimidation to defend its territory are among factors contributing to the rise of its comprehensive national power, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Saturday.
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Our armed forces depended heavily on foreign OEMs (original equipment makers) for military hardware. I believe such a situation is not sustainable in emerging geo-political environment.
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In an address at a think-tank, he also said that achieving self-reliance in the defence sector and reducing import dependency for military hardware was important for India to maintain its strategic autonomy and shoulder new responsibilities commensurate with its emerging stature. His reference to India’s ability to stand up to coercion and intimidation came in the backdrop of a three-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh.
“Our economic growth coupled with our soft power, technological advancements, demographic dividend, democratic and inclusive governance and ability to stand up to coercion and intimidation to defend our territory are contributing to the rise of India’s comprehensive national power,” General Chauhan said.
He also highlighted the importance of self-reliance in defence, saying that reducing import dependency of the armed forces was important for India to maintain its strategic autonomy and shoulder new responsibilities commensurate with its size and economy. Elaborating on the global geopolitical turmoil, General Chauhan said countries like Japan, the UK, Russia, China, Germany, Poland, South Korea and many others were significantly increasing their defence budgets and the situation could lead to a huge disruption in the global supply chains of military hardware.ml
He said there was an opportunity for Indian defence manufacturers to take advantage of the situation. “I can visualise a huge demand for military equipment not only in Asia but also Europe. In such a situation, the indigenous defence ecosystem is the safest bet for us as it guarantees assured supplies,” he said.
Suspected Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian province of Homs early Saturday, state media reported. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, said the country’s air defences responded to Israeli missiles in the sky over Homs and shot down some of them.
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. The pro-government Sham FM radio said fires broke out south of the city of Homs as a result of the strikes and “successive explosions sounded from the area.”
The Britain-based opposition war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israeli missiles had destroyed an ammunition depot belonging to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah at a military airport in the countryside of Homs. The observatory said it was the second time Israel targeted the site in a month. On April 2, state media reported Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Homs, wounding five soldiers.
The observatory said two Hezbollah members were killed in the earlier attack.
There was no immediate statement from Israeli authorities on the strikes. Israel, which has vowed to stop Iranian entrenchment next door, has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets in government-controlled parts of neighbouring Syria in recent years but rarely acknowledges them. — AP
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IN March this year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang, described the present relationship between the two countries as ‘abnormal’. Just three days ago, on April 27, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his counterpart, General Li Shangfu: “Development of relations is premised on prevalence of peace and tranquillity at the borders.”
Chinese video footage of February 19, 2021, shows the face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan valley on June 15, 2020. AP/PTI
Beijing, in the past few months, has pushed for restoration of full bilateral relations, attempting to de-link the resolution of the military build-up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) from other bilateral matters. It’s like trying to create a ‘new normal’ and ‘new status quo’ at the LAC, said a senior official.
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The Chinese foreign office described the Jaishankar-Qin meet thus: “The two sides should put the boundary issue in an appropriate position in bilateral relations and work for the regular management of border areas at an early date.” Two days ago, on April 28, a Chinese Defence Ministry statement on the Rajnath-Li meeting had near identical words.
After China amassed troops and ammunition in eastern Ladakh, India responded in equal measure. Here, Army trucks move along the Srinagar-LehNH leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer, on June 17, 2020, post the Galwan clash. Tribune file Photo
Both Jaishankar and Rajnath have not just rejected China’s assertion, but also made it clear how resolution of the boundary dispute is a prerequisite to anything else. India’s stand is that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) should withdraw and restore status quo ante as on April 2020, lest the Indian Army stays at the LAC, the de facto border.
It was three years ago in April 2020 when China started amassing troops, hundreds of guns, tanks, missiles and long-range artillery on its side of the LAC in eastern Ladakh. India responded with equal measure. Faceoffs started happening in mid-April, followed by clashes in April-end and the first week of May. Since then, troops of the two nuclear-armed neighbours have had a deadly clash in Galwan valley; both sides have fired bullets at each other; multiple physical clashes have led to injuries; tempers have got flared on several occasions; all agreements on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LAC have been disregarded by China.
Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande at Ladakh during Exercise Parvat Prahar in September2022. This was around the time India and China undertook disengagement from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area on the LAC. Photo courtesy: Indian Army
The build-up on both sides is bigger and holds greater threat than the one in 1962 as each is backed by the latest technology — satellite imagery, UAVs, long-range guns, inter-continental ballistic missiles, contemporary fighter jets, radars and, of course, nuclear weapons.
Making sense of China’s actions
Multiple opinions abound on why China chose to militarise the boundary dispute, ignoring two decades of progress at the level of high-ranking special representatives. A plausible answer is the policy of ‘strategic coercion’ and ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ unleashed after Xi Jinping took over as President in March 2013.
Maj Gen BK Sharma (retd), Director General of the armed forces-backed think tank United Service Institution, says, “Whatever China did in 2020 is nothing but strategic coercion, India has, so far, held on.” There is a pattern to Xi’s policy, adds Gen Sharma, pointing to the disputes of maritime boundaries and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Since Xi took over, military standoffs have ensued in 2013, 2014 and 2017 in eastern Ladakh; 2017 at Doklam (east Sikkim), followed by the one in April 2020 in eastern Ladakh. Simultaneously, during this period, China ratcheted up maritime disputes in the South China Sea. It refused to accept the verdict of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, laying down maritime territorial limits for each of the six countries locked in dispute in South China Sea.
Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (retd), who was heading the 14 Corps headquartered at Leh during 2013-2014, adds a reason: “Till 2010, the Indian Army had limited deployment in eastern Ladakh, the PLA had no contest. However, the Army and the ITBP used to patrol at all patrolling points as per schedule.”
He asserted: “Xi’s beginning of the ‘new era’ was aimed at stopping the Indian Army from accessing Depsang and Charding La.”
For the April 2020 events, China, in 2018 and 2019, created infrastructure on its side of the LAC. “It ‘created an exercise’ in Shahidullah (Xinjiang, north-west of Aksai Chin) in early 2020 and ended up diverting forces opposite eastern Ladakh,” says the former 14 Corps Commander.
Maj Gen Sharma argues that “China saw an opportunity due to Covid-19 and made a military push to stake claim to the 1959 line, hoping it could extract some concessions from India”.
New Delhi, since 1960, has consistently rejected the Chinese offer to settle the border in Ladakh according to the line espoused by then Chinese premier Chou En-Lai in 1959. During the Xi period, China raised the 1959-line claim in 2017 and again in September 2020; each time, India rejected it outrightly.
Depsang holds the key
The build-up in Depsang, a 972-sq-km plateau at an altitude of 16,000 feet, holds the key to resolve tensions. India has to hold on to it by all means. Through this plateau passes the 255-km Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSDBO) road that links up to the DBO advanced landing ground and further northwards to the Karakoram Pass. “The PLA’s military objectives could be to threaten the DSDBO road, attempt to cut off the DBO sector, which could restrict India’s access to the Karakoram Pass,” explains Maj Gen Sharma.
The 20,000-foot-high Saser La, which is west of Depsang, opens a route to Sasoma, and further leads to the road to Siachen, points out another official.
Keeping Beijing back
The high-profile China study group — first set up in 1975 — decided on 65 patrolling points along the LAC. In the past two decades, eastern Ladakh has been ‘militarily tailored’ to prevent a repeat of 1962. This includes adding gun positions, troops, building of roads, etc. An Indian assessment made prior to April 2020 said PLA, despite its numerical superiority and military strength, could be ‘stopped’ at the LAC. And it turned out to be true.
The Indian stance along the LAC is not akin to Nehru’s 1960-1961 “forward policy”, but mandates holding the claims line along the LAC. Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma says, “By 2015, the Army had substantially increased its spread all across eastern Ladakh.” It went on adding infrastructure and having more troops ready and acclimatised for battle at those altitudes.
The arrival of special operations planes like the C130 and C17 helped, says Lt Gen Sharma, adding that when the PLA made an attempt, “we were there to hold on and consequently build up the strength and pulled in the reserves”.
Post April 2020, the Narendra Modi government ramped up troop numbers, added equipment and even moved elements of the 1 Strike Corps at Mathura to Ladakh. A message had been sent across the LAC.
Eroding bilateral relations
Between 1993 and 2013, a period of 20 years — the timeline, incidentally, coincides with the economic rise of India and China — the two countries have had agreements which dictate the conduct of soldiers and also how a high-powered committee with members of both sides will sort out matters.
In January 2012, the two countries inked an agreement and established a ‘Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs’. It is tasked to “address issues and situations that may arise in the border areas that affect the maintenance of peace and tranquillity”.
The June 2020 incident at Galwan and May 2020 incidents at Pangong Tso fly in the face of the 2005-inked “protocol on modalities for implementation of confidence-building measures in the military field along the LAC in the India-China border areas”. The mandate is: “Neither side shall use force or threaten to use force against the other.”
The Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), inked in 2013, says both sides have to inform about military exercises and over-flying aircraft. In 2020, China was flying helicopters very close to the LAC and India responded by flying out a team of Sukhoi-30 MKI jets.
Rajnath Singh, at his meeting with General Li, mentioned that “all issues at the LAC need to be resolved in accordance with existing bilateral agreements and commitments”. Violation of existing agreements has ‘eroded’ the entire basis of bilateral relations, he added.
Lingering dispute
The border dispute is the outcome of the fluctuations of the British foreign policy reacting to Russian pressure. As Britain and Czarist Russia expanded as part of the move described by historians as the ‘Great Game’ (1813-1907), Kashmir, Xinjiang and Afghanistan were the buffers the British created between themselves and the Russians. Ladakh and its north-eastern edge called Aksai Chin were caught in the ‘Great Game’.
In 1846, the British took over J&K and Ladakh after the first Anglo-Sikh War. Even 177 years after the British annexed Ladakh and Kashmir, the complex and vexed dispute remains unresolved. In all, the British proposed five boundaries, each separate from the other, in 1846-47, 1865, 1873, 1899 and 1914. China rejected each of them. Britain got China to send in troops during World War I and II, but the boundary remained undecided. The LAC partially adheres to one of the British-era boundaries, no more.
Undecided boundaries have shifted several times and led to confusion; each side’s claims and counter-claims have resulted in varying perceptions of the LAC. It all boils down to the perception of either side. Troops of both sides patrol the areas that they perceive as their own.
China asserts the LAC is the alignment where the Chinese troops stood after pushing back the Indian Army at the time of the ceasefire on November 23, 1962. India does not accept that. The difference in perception is of between 2 and 20 km at various points, hence the dispute. Rather, a ‘dispute within a dispute’.
Tension building up since 2020
April 2020: India notices China deploying forces across Tibet, along the LAC on its side, opposite eastern Ladakh.
April-end: First few face-offs between troops.
May 4-5: The first clashes, hand-to-hand fighting at north bank of Pangong Tso; dozens injured on both sides.
May first week: India adds troops and equipment to existing strength. Seeks help from US for procuring additional winter clothing.
June 6: First clash at Galwan valley, following which both sides create a buffer zone at the LAC.
June 15: Indian troops and PLA come face to face, a bloody fight ensues, soldiers dead on either side.
July: Disengagement at Galwan valley.
August: The Army captures the Rinchen La and Rezang La heights (Kailash range) overlooking the Moldo Garrison of China.
Feb 2021: Disengagement at north bank and south bank of Pangong Tso and also Kailash range.
Sept 2022: Disengagement at Hot Springs-Gogra.
· Pending disengagement at Depsang and Charding La.
· 18 rounds of military commander-level talks conducted.
· Once disengagement is done all across. India has suggested a graded plan for de-escalation and de-induction of troops.
Ukraine launches major offensive, two drones hit oil depot in Crimea
A massive fire erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s drones, a Russia-appointed official there reported on Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks on the annexed peninsula as Russia braces for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, a port city in Crimea, posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel.
Razvozhayev said the fire at the city’s harbor was assigned the highest ranking in terms of how complicated it will be to extinguish. However, he reported that the open blaze had been contained.
Shot down by electronic warfare forces, claims russia
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel and later said fire had been extinguished
He said that air defence and electronic warfare forces on Saturday shot down two drones over the Crimean Peninsula. “There are no casualties or destruction.”
Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has come under repeated air attacks since Russia invaded the country
Razvozhayev said the oil depot was attacked by “two enemy drones,” and four oil tanks burned down. A third drone was shot down from the sky over Crimea, and one more was deactivated through radio-electronic means, according to Crimea’s Moscow-appointed governor, Sergei Aksyonov.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considered illegal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview this week that his country will seeking to reclaim the peninsula in the upcoming counteroffensive.
The incident comes a day after Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine, killing at least 23 people.
Almost all of the victims died when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in the city of Uman, located in central Ukraine.
Russian forces launched more drones at Ukraine overnight. Ukraine’s Air Force Command said two Iranian-made self-exploding Shahed drones were intercepted, and a reconnaissance drone was shot down on Saturday morning.
Razvozhayev said the oil depot fire did not cause any casualties and would not hinder fuel supplies in Sevastopol. The city has been subject to regular attack attempts with drones, especially in recent weeks.
Earlier this week, Razvozhayev reported that the Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian sea drone that attempted to attack the harbour and another one blew up, shattering windows in several apartment buildings, but not inflicting any other damage.
Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson, Andriy Yusov, told the RBC Ukraine news site on Saturday that the oil depot fire was “God’s punishment” for “the murdered civilians in Uman, including five children.”
The Moscow-installed governor there said the fire had been extinguished.
Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed head of Crimea, said on Telegram that air defence and electronic warfare forces on Saturday shot down two drones over the Crimean Peninsula. “There are no casualties or destruction,” he said.
Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has come under repeated air attacks since Russia invaded the country as a whole in February 2022. —Agencies
A father-son duo from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were apprehended by the Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.
Sardar Abdul Hamid and his son Abbass of Polas village were nabbed by the troops in Gulpur sector shortly after they intruded into this side from across the border. Officials said questioning of the duo was in progress and it was not immediately clear whether they crossed the border inadvertently or with some intention.
Report suspicious activities: Army
The Army has urged the local residents to immediately report any suspicious movement to the security forces.
It has also urged the people to stay away from engaging in terror activities.
However, no incriminating material was recovered from their possession, they said.
Meanwhile, the Army urged the people to immediately report any suspicious movement to the security forces and stay away from engaging in terror activities.
It said it found it “unbelievable” to see the names that have come up in investigation associated with the April 20 attack. The Army said Pakistan didn’t want peace in J&K and would always be on the lookout for disturbing it, be it through communal disturbances or by supplying drugs and intoxicants to corrupt the youth.
“The Central Government and the Army have been working together for the development of the area and people of this region so that they could be part of the mainstream of the country. Keeping this in mind, people of all the communities should walk shoulder to shoulder with the Army,” it said in a statement here.
The Army said people were equally responsible for the maintenance of peace in the region.
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