ARMY FOCUSING ON ZERO COLLATERAL LOSSES IN KASHMIR

‘Pak-based handlers have told their proxies in Kashmir to ensure civilian deaths when security forces undertake operations’.

The 14 November Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar, in which four people, including one alleged foreign terrorist, were killed by a joint team of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), has come as a blip in what has been years of successful “non-controversial” counter-terror operations in recent years by security forces with a focus on achieving zero collateral losses.

The relatives of the three locals, who were killed in the “gun-fight” in Hyderpora, around 6 km from the iconic Lal Chowk, have claimed that none of them had any links to any terror groups, a claim that has been denied by the security forces who have alleged that they have credible proof, including electronic, conversation and CCTV footage,