A day after Jammu Kashmir Police arrested four Pakistani spies and claimed to have busted an ISI conspiracy to revive militancy in Jammu region, internal communication tipped the authorities about Hizbul Mujahideen plot to target BJP state president Ravinder Raina and IkkJutt Jammu chairman Ankur Sharma Saturday.
“Reliable input indicates that HM is planning to target Ravinder Raina (BJP state president) and advocate Ankur Sharma (Head of EkkJutt Jammu). Asset has further disclosed that reccee of their movements and their security deployment has already been carried out. Necessary precaution is advised,'' revealed an internal communication of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Raina, a former MLA from Nowshera, is known for his remarks against Pakistan and terror outfits operating in Kashmir, while Ankur has been spearheading a campaign against the settlement of the majority community on state land describing it as “state-sponsored demographic invasion and Islamic fundamentalism at the behest of Jihadi organisations”.
It was in the aftermath of Ankur's persistent campaign that Governor Satya Pal Malik's administration had repealed Roshni Act which envisaged bestowing of ownership rights of state land to its illegal occupants subject to the payment of nominal money fixed by the state government.
Raina, when contacted, described it a conspiracy by some Pakistan sponsored terrorists to carry out fidayeen attack….