India Today’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), disguised as corporate lobbyists, was successful in digging up information on possible terror attacks, and how terror financing is still prevalent in Jammu & Kashmir. Young, jobless men, in turn for lakhs of rupees, carry out unrest through stone-pelting, blocking roads, and city shutdowns said the report.
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The SIT was able to establish communication with the local people involved in terror-financing and terror activities and gather the blueprint of the potential threats in the valley.
One of the civilians, a local cricketer, said he could easily organize unrest through violent protests by the means of provocating local mosque’s worshipers over Article 370.
He also laid out a guideline regarding the time interval between protests. For a 20 day-long protest, the location has to be changed every time and the protests would occur every third day. The cricketer demanded INR 1 crore for the task.
Another person, a former political worker, suggested arson to a few private schools in the valley. He quoted INR 2 crore for the terror attack.
Young men are paid to carry out these tasks in exchange for money. Although the ruling party has acknowledged the SIT’s report on potential threats in the valley, citizens remain stirred up in anxiety.
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Stone pelting in Kashmir refers to a criminal assault in the form of stone throwing by Kashmiri youth who pelt, bombard or throw stones on the Indian security forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police deployed for crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir. In the local language, it is termed as “Kanni Jung”, which means fighting with stones and the stone pelters are called as Sangbaaz. In 2016, Kashmir witnessed 2690 stone pelting incidents in various districts with Baramulla topping the list with 492 incidents followed by Srinagar and Kupwara each with 339 incidents. More Info
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