One of those 3,970 ‘stone-pelters’ pardoned by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti three months ago killed Thirumani. But there is no human-interest story about Thirumani of the kind that appears when security forces shoot down a terrorist. Former National Conference chief minister Farooq Abdullah was dethroned through a ‘palace coup’ in 1984, and his brotherin-law, Gul Mohammed Shah, replaced him, who began to coddle the Islamists. The pattern has been that each time politicians muddy the situation, security forces have to step in to clean the mess. Indian Security Forces, including the Jammu and Kashmir Police, are getting on top of the situation with a number of intelligence-related operations.

Source: Economic Times May 25, 2018 18:17 UTC