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Pay hike for Kashmir terrorists
Pak Ups Money To Get More Recruits As Militancy Dwindles
Josy Joseph | TNN
New Delhi: Kashmiri terrorists and refugees from Jammu and Kashmir in ***************** Kashmir have both received a pay hike. According to latest inputs from various intelligence agencies, Pakistani authorities are now offering terrorists coming to fight in J&K a monthly salary in the range of Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000. This is a huge jump from the average pay of Rs 5,000 they were getting earlier.
The reason for this benevolence is obvious. There has been a drastic drop in violence levels in J&K and militancy needs a revival if the separatist agenda has to continue to grab global attention. The number of terrorists in J&K is now hovering around 700, an all-time low since militancy erupted in the state in the late 1980s.
The desperation among terror groups is also visible in the return of Furqan, one of the seniormost Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives who had been the groups launch commander based in *** for some years now. He infiltrated into J&K in April-end with a group but the Army was able to intercept them. Furqan is believed to have successfully evaded the Army and entered the state. His return, after more than four years, is being seen as a sign of LeTs desperation to carry out a few sensational attacks.
It is not just Kashmiri militants who have got pay hikes. Those staying back in refugee camps of *** too have been given increased financial benefits. From Rs 1,800 per month, their allowance has gone up to Rs 2,400 a month early this year, sources said.
Thousands of Kashmiri youth moved across the border to *** in the past two decades for the explicit purpose of becoming trained militants. Many now want to return.
Dole hiked to dissuade refugees from leaving *** camps?
New Delhi: Pakistan is opening the purse strings to fuel militancy in Kashmir. The monthly salary of Valleybound freedom fighters has been hiked to Rs 8,000-Rs 10,000 from Rs 5,000. Whats more, thousands of Kashmiri youth who crossed over to *** to train but have stayed back in refugee maintenance camps run by the Pakistan government will now get a dole of Rs 2,400 per month against Rs 1,800 hitherto.
There are no clear numbers, but some estimates say as many as 30,000 could be in ***, holding state subject facility cards which grants them certain rights. Some have married local girls, and many Kashmiri youth have started small businesses.
While inflation is an obvious reason for the hike in monthly allowance for the refugees, the desire of many of them to return to India may have also been a reason for increasing the allowance, officials speculate.
In 2007, when Indian government opened up a liberal surrender policy for Kashmir, almost 150 of them came back. After a year, the policy was tightened, but sources now say that they are looking at revising it. An exodus of these refugees from *** to J&K would hit Pakistans image, say officials.
ToI feed dated 17 May 2010.
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