New Delhi: According to intelligence reports, Pakistan is planning to carry out terror activities in the state of Jammu and Kashmir with its 273 active terror operatives in the valley.
Based on reports, several terror outfits functional in the valley are planning to carry out terror attacks to create panic and fear among residents, following the tense situation which prevails after the modification of provisions in Article 370.
Security agencies have reported that 166 terrorists have been identified as local residents, while 107 terrorists are foreigners.
According to the agency, 112 of Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, 100 of Hizbul Mujahideen, 58 of Jaish-e-Mohammed and three of Al-Badr are plotting terrorist attack in Kashmir.
Fake social media accounts, often emanating from Pakistan, continue to paint a grim picture of Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.
Last month it was reported that about five Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists had entered India on July 30-31 to carry out a suicide bombing.
From passing off a High Court-ordered drive to clear illegal encroachments on forest land in Himachal Pradesh as "barbarism" in the Kashmir valley to terming mobile phone restrictions in the region as "siege in Kashmir", a false narrative propagated by Pakistanis' propaganda machinery finds many takers on social media, partly due to relentless promotion by fake accounts.
"Pakistani terror & proxy war paraphernalia burning vehicles, attacking fruit growers & merchants, killing & threatening shopkeepers, enforcing shutdown and calling this SIEGE," Imtiyaz Hussain, a top IPS officer in Jammu and Kashmir, said in a tweet on Thursday.
For more than one month now, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the public relations wing of the Pakistan armed forces, is busy spreading fake news related to Kashmir in a bid to sow seeds of discord among security forces and fuel hatred among citizens in India.
As part of its information warfare, Pakistan has resorted to spreading propaganda, fake news, threatening statements and manipulating the social media.
Pakistan has adopted the strategy of giving a religious colour to its propaganda campaign, posing a fake threat from India, while reminding India of the consequences of the rise of extremist forces.
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