J-K attacks indicate high-level training imparted to fedayeen groups: Uday Bhaskar

Defence analyst Commodore (retired) C. Uday Bhaskar on Saturday said the serial terror strikes in Kashmir points to the fact that there is now a higher level of training and determination being imparted to fedayeen groups.

"The attacks that took place in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday are cause for concern. I would look at these at two different levels. One is that the attack on the Army camp in Uri, that is a very significant breach, meaning that to have an Indian Army unit attacked in this manner by a fedayeen group definitely points to a certain inadequacy at the tactical level," he said.

Asserting that there have been fedayeen attacks in the past as well, Commodore (retired) Bhaskar said yesterday's incident points to the fact that there is now a higher level of training and determination being imparted to such groups.

"The linkage across the borders is also something that should call for a very deep introspection by India because we are aware that the current constituencies or groups in Pakistan that support such actions, particularly the rally held in Lahore by Hafiz Saeed, which is something clearly sponsored by the Pakistani establishment and the deep state as we call it," he said.

"I think this points to what you might call an attempt to create a disruption as far as the electoral process is concerned," he added.

Commodore (retired) Bhaskar expressed the hope that the remaining three phases of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls are conducted peacefully without any disruption.

"India, in the past, has experienced such challenges, and we can hope that the J-K elections will continue with the least disruption over the next three phases, and by the end of December the people of Jammu and Kashmir would have a new government in place," he added.

Jammu and Kashmir, is in the midst of its five-phase state assembly elections. Over 70 percent electorate had cast their votes in the first two phases. On Friday the state faced four terror attacks, which were aimed at undermining the ongoing democratic process in the state.