The three coordinated operations in south Kashmir, which left 13 local militants dead in one day, are over, but have left in their wake rare audio conversations between the trapped militants and their family members. The police’s counter-insurgency cell described the last phone calls of four Hizbul Mujahideen militants, of the 13 trapped and killed on April 1, “as a dangerous trend with far-reaching ramifications”. Sameer was among five local militants, all from different parts of Shopian, who died in the encounter, which also left three soldiers dead, at Kachdoora. To which he replied, ‘I will be next to him in the heavens.’”According to the police, militants making phone calls picked up as a trend with the growing penetration of smart phones. It shows how dying is being glorified by the parents themselves and the family support lent to trapped militants,” said a senior police officer.

Source: The Hindu April 08, 2018 16:30 UTC