The Indian Army is mulling over longer tenures for prime subject commanders in terrorist-insurgency susceptible areas to push them to provoke motion towards the adversary quite than bide time for the following larger command project.

It is known that the Army Headquarters is planning to increase tenures of Divisional Commanders and Corps Commanders from usually one 12 months to round two years in order that the sphere commander focuses on the counter-terrorist duties at hand quite than bide his time for the following promotion. This significantly applies to Corps and Divisional commanders serving in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East.

According to South Block sources, Corps (headed by Lt General) and Division (headed by Major General) and Brigades (headed by Brigadiers) deployed in counterterrorist and counter-insurgency duties will now have a tenure of 15 to 18 months earlier than being moved out to the following project.

“The attitude of playing it safe for the next promotion will be discouraged and the officer will be judged by the action taken against cross-border infiltration and jihadists from across and within the UT of Jammu and Kashmir,” mentioned a prime commander.

The Indian Army is worried concerning the terror strikes by Pak based mostly proscribed teams within the Nagrota based mostly 16 Corps space significantly in Poonch-Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir since 2021. While the actions of the management and whether or not normal working procedures had been adopted are being reviewed by the Headquarters, the “playing it safe” angle of the sphere commanders has caught consideration of the highest management.

The dying of 10 Indian Army troopers together with 4 belonging to the elite Special Forces in Rajouri space in two incidents of April 20 and May 5 have introduced the give attention to management within the subject formations. It is known that two teams of Pakistan based mostly Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists belonging to Kotli based mostly Sajjid Jutt aka Habibullah Malik module are working in Kandi Forests of Rajouri and are presently being hotly engaged by the Indian Army.

These terrorists are armed with beneath barrel grenade launchers other than assault rifles and are benefiting from Pakistan cell community protection throughout the LoC in India. Fact is that Pakistan has constructed a community of high-powered cell towers all alongside the worldwide border and LoC in Jammu and Kashmir with operational vary nicely inside Indian territory and is being utilized by Pakistani jihadists to launch cross border assaults. This aside, Pakistani terror teams with tacit assist of the Pak Army are sending weapon shipments by way of drones for J&Ok native terrorists to trigger mayhem within the South Kashmir space.

The sudden spurt of violence in Poonch-Rajouri sector is a part of Pakistan plan to derail the May 22-24 Srinagar assembly of G 20 grouping with a minimum of Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari brazenly threatening India on the side-lines of SCO FMs Meeting in Goa on May 4-5.

The Indian Army, safety forces and the intelligence have taken up the Pak problem and are targeted on avenging the dying of Indian troopers in Rajouri sector with space navy management directed to wipe out terrorists from this sector.