Militants carrying out odd attacks as they've lost the battle: J&K guv

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Wednesday militants were carrying out odd attacks on the security forces at the behest of their handlers across the border as they have lost the battle.

"These attacks are nothing new in this place, but we have subdued it over the past six months. I believe 100 per cent that they (militants) are under pressure from across (the border) to do something," Malik said in an apparent reference to the Pakistan-based militant handlers.

"They (militant handlers) feel that they have lost as the terror infrastructure they had raised in last 10 years has been dismantled," he said on the sidelines of a function here. "That's why they carry out an odd attack. In such cases, the initiative obviously lies with the attacker, but still we assure you that we will uproot this menace very soon."