Jammu & Kashmir: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2021

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January - 1	Police,on January 1, said that they arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militants who was tasked to kill a recently elected Councillor in Baramulla town in BaramullaDistrict of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Senior Su Read more... Police,on January 1, said that they arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militants who was tasked to kill a recently elected Councillor in Baramulla town in BaramullaDistrict of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom said that the arrested OGW was tasked to recruit youth and to kill a newly elected Councillor. The SSP said that they arrested a militant associate, Asif Gull, early this week who was under the Police radar for the past eight months for his involvement in a grenade attack in Baramulla in August last year (2020) that claimed the lives of security personnel besides having over two dozen cases registered against him. It was also found during the investigation that he was in touch with the most wanted and longest surviving militant Hyder and associates who were killed in an encounter last year.“Hyder and another associate were in touch with Asif Gull and it repeatedly surfaced he was involved in a grenade attack but had gone into hiding since then to undertake some tasks,” he said. Read less...
January - 1	A soldier was killed in firing by Pakistan army in violation of Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Defence Minis Read more... A soldier was killed in firing by Pakistan army in violation of Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Defence Ministry Spokesman, Jammu, Lt Col Devinder Anand, said, at about 1530 hours [IST], Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along LoC in Nowshera sector, to which Indian Army retaliated befittingly.In the evening at about 1730 hours [IST], Pakistan again initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation in Nowshera sector, and in the incident, Naib Subedar Ravinder was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries. Read less...
January - 1	Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) claimed to have busted yet another terror module with the arrest of a suspected militant in Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. With the arrest of the militant, a to Read more... Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) claimed to have busted yet another terror module with the arrest of a suspected militant in Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. With the arrest of the militant, a total of five different modules of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot The Resistance Force (TRF) have been unearthed in the past two weeks, the JKP said.Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mukesh Singh, said, “On the basis of reliable information a person identified as Mohammad Yousaf, 20, son of Ghulam Haider of Deval in Mahore Tehsil[revenue unit] of Reasi district was apprehended [arrested] by a team of police station Mahore”.During sustained questioning he divulged that he had hidden some cache of arms and ammunition in a hideout at village lower Angrala of in Mahore, the officer added.“A joint search operation of Jammu Kashmir Police and army was launched in the area and five live grenades and a 9 mm pistol along with ammunition were recovered from the hideout,” IGP, Singh, said. Read less...
January - 1	Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Over Ground Worker (OGW) in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. According to a Police spokesman, on a tip-off, they have ar Read more... Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Over Ground Worker (OGW) in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. According to a Police spokesman, on a tip-off, they have arrested an OGW of LeT and recovered incriminating material and explosive in Awantipora in Pulwama. Read less...
January - 1	Suspected militants attacked Security Forces (SFs) with a grenade in Chanapora area in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. A senior Police officer said, militants hurled grenade on Sashastra Se Read more... Suspected militants attacked Security Forces (SFs) with a grenade in Chanapora area in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 1, reports Daily Excelsior. A senior Police officer said, militants hurled grenade on Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Chanapora,however,inthe attack no loss of life or injury was reported, and soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to arrest the attackers. Read less...
January - 3	Security Forces (SFs) recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar tehsil(revenue unit) in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. This was the third round of re Read more... Security Forces (SFs) recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar tehsil(revenue unit) in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. This was the third round of recovery of arms and ammunition in the District following the busting of a three-member module of Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF).Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Poonch, Ramesh Angral said, the fresh recovery has been made during a search and cordon operation from Dabbi village along the LoC in Balakote sector of Mendhar.The recovery includes one pistol, three magazines, 35 bullets and five hand grenades, he said.Three militant associates were arrested in Balakote area on December 27 and six hand grenades were recovered from them. Earlier, SATP had reported, Poonch Police and Army foiled a major plot by the militants to trigger communal tension in Poonch District of J&K in India on December 27, with arrest of three militants of newly floated JK Ghaznavi Force in Mendhar area who were planning to target religious places of minorities starting with famous temple of Ari. Read less...
January - 3	The Pakistan Army violated CeaseFire Agreement (CFA) by resorting to unprovoked firing and intense mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. A defence Read more... The Pakistan Army violated CeaseFire Agreement (CFA) by resorting to unprovoked firing and intense mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. A defence spokesman said, the firing and shelling from across the border in Mendhar sector started at 4.15 pm [IST], prompting a befitting retaliation by the Indian army. However, there was no report of any damage on the Indian side. Read less...
January - 4	Four militants of Al Badr outfit were killed and three others injured as troops foiled an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in Tarkundi village in Manjakote sector in Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, Daily Excels Read more... Four militants of Al Badr outfit were killed and three others injured as troops foiled an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in Tarkundi village in Manjakote sector in Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, Daily Excelsior on January 5. Delayed reports said the intrusion bid was foiled on December 30 but details about killing of militants and Pakistan army personnel were received last night (January 4) after bodies were detected lying on the LoC as weather cleared after few days of rains and light snowfall.Intercepts revealed that a Pakistan army trooper was also killed in the exchange of firing while two militants managed to escape back in injured condition. Read less...
January - 7	The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 7, conducted searches at six locations – five in Jammu District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and one in Tarn Taran District of Punjab in connection with the investigation of a narco-terror module case Read more... The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 7, conducted searches at six locations – five in Jammu District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and one in Tarn Taran District of Punjab in connection with the investigation of a narco-terror module case (RC 05/2020/ NIA/JMU) related to seizure of about 61 kilograms of heroin along with arms and ammunitions on September 20, 2020 at International Border (IB) at Arnia in Jammu District, says NIA. The officials recovered digital devices and other incriminating documents having financial details and accounts numbers during these searches. Originally registered at Arnia Police Station (Jammu), the case was re-registered by NIA on November 26, 2020 and taken up for investigation.The searches were conducted at the residences of six accused persons namely – Jasraj Singh, Sham Lal, Bishan Dass, Ajeet Kumar, Gurbaksh Singh and Gurpartap Singh. These accused persons were arrested for hatching a criminal conspiracy for carrying out anti-national and unlawful activities, and to help the terrorist organisations by collecting funds and channelizing the proceeds of drugs for furthering the activities of such terrorist organisations like Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). Gurpratap Singh, r/o Tarn Taran District is the kingpin of this module. In the second week of September 2020, Gurpratap Singh had received 10 kilograms of heroin from Pakistan based handlers through his associates. The consignment in the case was also intended to be received by Gurpratap Singh to fund the activities of BKI in Punjab. Read less...
January - 8	An Army porter was injured in a landmine blast near Line of Control (LoC) in Tanghdar area in Kupwara District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 8, reports Daily Excelsior.Official sources said, the porter identified Showkat Ahmad Chack Read more... An Army porter was injured in a landmine blast near Line of Control (LoC) in Tanghdar area in Kupwara District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 8, reports Daily Excelsior.Official sources said, the porter identified Showkat Ahmad Chack (35) son of late Ghulam Rasool Chack of Tanghdar Nard suffered serious injuries in foot in the blast which took place near Sid Post along the LoC. Read less...
January - 10	Pakistani troops violated Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) by resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling and firing on forward posts and villages in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Rajouri, Poonch and Ka Read more... Pakistani troops violated Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) by resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling and firing on forward posts and villages in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Rajouri, Poonch and Kathua Districts of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 10, reports Daily Excelsior. a Defence spokesman said, “At about 3 pm [IST], Pakistan (army) initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling mortars along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Indian Army retaliated befittingly.” However, there was no immediate report of any damage on the Indian side. Pakistan army resorted to mortar shelling in Balakote, Digwar and Kirni sectors along the LoC in Poonch District.Pakistani Rangers also resorted to unprovoked firing in Gurnam Border Outpost area along the IB in Hiranagar sector of Kathua District. Read less...
January - 10	Awantipora Police busted a hideout of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and arrested one Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militants at Chandhara area in Pampore town in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 10, reports Daily Excelsior Read more... Awantipora Police busted a hideout of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and arrested one Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militants at Chandhara area in Pampore town in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 10, reports Daily Excelsior. The arrested OGW has been identified as Adil Ahmad Shah son of Mohammad Azad Shah, a resident of Chandhara Pampore. During search, one large hideout was found in the cowshed of the house with small opening covered by a lid and a tunnel of about 6ft leading to the hideout. Incriminating material of proscribed outfit LeT and 26 rounds of AK-47 were recovered from the hideout, a Police statement said. Read less...
January - 10	Security Forces (SFs) launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Budgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 10, reports Daily Excelsior. Official sources said that following specific information about presence of militants, Read more... Security Forces (SFs) launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Budgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 10, reports Daily Excelsior. Official sources said that following specific information about presence of militants, a joint CASO was launched by Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Bon Makhama village in Beerwah in Budgam. SFs said searches were also being conducting in nearby fields, adding all the exit points have been sealed to foil any attempts by militants to escape. Read less...
January - 11	A 14-year-old boy was injured in Pakistani shelling in violation of the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Shahpur sector in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 11, reports Daily Excelsior. Mohamm Read more... A 14-year-old boy was injured in Pakistani shelling in violation of the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Shahpur sector in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 11, reports Daily Excelsior. Mohammad Jehangir was hit by splinters when a mortar shell exploded near his house in Shahpur sector during intense shelling by Pakistan army, the officials said. Read less...
January - 11	Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit accused of providing logistic support to militants from Awantipora area in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 11, rep Read more... Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit accused of providing logistic support to militants from Awantipora area in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 11, reports Daily Excelsior. The arrested OGWs of JeM, identified as Shezaan Gulzar Beigh from Gadhikhal Chersoo and Waseem-ul-Rehman Sheikh from Midoora Awantipora, were involved in providing shelter, support, logistics, as well as in transporting of arms and ammunition of the militants in Awantipora and Tral areas and passing sensitive information to the militants of the outfit. Police said that they have been in touch with ‘commander’s in Pakistan through various social media platforms, and one of the arrested OGWs has also gone to Pakistan and met some militant ‘commander’s there. Read less...
January - 13	The Border Security Force (BSF) detected a tunnel in Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 13, reports Daily Excelsior. Officials said, “Border Security Force detects a tunnel along the international border in Hiranagar secto Read more... The Border Security Force (BSF) detected a tunnel in Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on January 13, reports Daily Excelsior. Officials said, “Border Security Force detects a tunnel along the international border in Hiranagar sector of Kathua. More details awaited”.The cross-border tunnel originating from Shakargarh forward village of Pakistan and opening in Bobiya village along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector of Kathua District amid indications that the tunnel might have been dug as early as in 2016-17. Read less...

*Data till , January 13, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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