00:00This is a big news coming in. On your screens are a representative image and some of the images
00:04from a few hours before as well to help you understand what happens as of course
00:09teams of CRPF, local police are going to reach the spot. Cordon and search is going to be done
00:14but it's a reminder that for Kashmir Valley a lot that has changed whether it's education,
00:19environment, all of that and more and how people also were willingly joining in because they saw
00:24the kind of peace and fresh changes that were coming to the Kashmir Valley but now
00:29the attack in Kulgam is to revive that nexus. What does the government do about it to ensure
00:34Kashmir remains peaceful? Jawans have received injuries in this case. CRPF team has been quick
00:39to retaliate. Counter-ops are also on. This was in Akharan in Kulgam district. Forces are conducting
00:45search and cordon operation as well. Our colleagues are on the ground to help you understand all of
00:50this is more. Ashraf, for the viewer watching right now, at a checkpoint where this attack
00:55has happened, clearly a recce must have been done earlier as well to help understand what area is
01:00this and importantly how many personnel stand at this if they'll be able to respond effectively.
01:06According to your experience and understanding, how many personnel usually are at a checkpoint
01:11that the terrorists would know this is the place to attack and then scoot from there?
01:20Pooja, actually such kind of checkpoints are in the hundreds across the Kashmir Valley in each and
01:26every nook and corner of the Kashmir Valley. It is not the any kind of a schedule that how many
01:31people should be there but they should be enough to look the law and order situation as well as the
01:37security situation across the Kashmir Valley and also during last few years we have seen the number of
01:42vehicles not only the local vehicles but also the vehicles which come from different parts of the
01:48country to the government of Kashmir that has also resulted the much number of vehicular traffic on
01:53all the roads and highways including the tourist destinations so there is some also the some kind
02:00of we can say objections from the locals that probably the people's movement is being harassed by
02:06these checkpoints but despite all those objections these checkpoints all across the Kashmir Valley had been
02:14put in place they are being activated when there is any kind of a security situation just as we have
02:19witnessed today the most of the checkpoints which are not oftenly in the operation get operated within
02:25the minutes as the the the security forces which are working in the synergy put the barrack rates on
02:31each and every road that frisks the vehicles to home which they want to talk in fact there is a
02:37routine
02:37drill on the jammu shirinagar highway after the crpf attack in 2019 when we have seen the mass major
02:46terror attack on the crpf convoy on jammu shirinagar highway the crpf is in the large numbers across the
02:52kashmir valley because they are looking after the internal security and all the main establishments
02:57because the police it is not possible to keep police everywhere so crpf is looking and helping
03:03in the interior internal security of the kashmir valley that is why they were in that particular
03:08village uh on that naka and mostly the six to eight crpf jammu at a time are placed at a
03:15one naka point
03:16with the particular vehicle same was the scenario at that particular uh naka point and uh the terrorists
03:23fired indiscriminately because absolutely their target was the crpf jammu standing there three of them got
03:29the bullets they got injured in that initial attack the other crpf jammu which were nearby
03:35they are your details about uh about the health and the well-being of these soldiers can you confirm
03:40according to our information three idcii here are injured are they are they fine now
03:48yes absolutely they are out of danger what we are getting reports from the hospitals they have bullet
03:53injuries and are being treated in the government medical college hospital in anathang stay on with me
03:58ashraf vani from kashmir to kanya kumari i can tell you a billion people are praying for us soldiers
04:03always deployed in any part of the world in this case is coordinate search operation are on uh for
04:08now the soldiers are fine they are undergoing treatment as well but this is a reminder that
04:13the alert always is still in the kashmir valley kulgam ladies and gentlemen as ashraf is also explaining
04:18is is in south kashmir beautiful place however there is of course clearly to the local tourists
04:24the knowledge about the surrounding areas that you would then attack a certain party a naka party
04:30or a checkpoint and then be able to scoot easily so that there is the there is a certain time
04:35to
04:35counter and for the teams to receive from some hours ago representative images on your screen to help
04:40you understand how clearly alerts that are then sent across from crpf local police all these forces
04:47additional forces are joining in and they will be reaching the point as well your as you're reporting
04:53constantly about it any word from the government yet from the lieutenant governor the details from home
04:58ministry what are you hearing what happens in cases like this next i believe now there could be
05:03heightened alert across the kashmir valley right now
05:09absolutely puja it is we have always seen that when this kind of a terror incident took place there is
05:15the uh high alert across the kashmir valley because now these terrorists are on the run they have
05:21already carried out the terror attack in the kulgam they may move within the minutes to any other part
05:27of the kashmir valley or maybe trying to go to the hiding so here the security forces will be chalking
05:34out when we are getting the reports that the motorcycles uh on different routes are being
05:39stopped near the uh the spot where this terrorist attack took place and they are being thoroughly
05:45checked their identification is being verified and this is a normal routine drill for after any terror
05:51attack across the kashmir valley and uh as i said there is the edge with the security forces that
05:57the cctv cameras are almost all installed everywhere within few hours we may get the images of
06:04those terrorists also if police shares uh with the media and now the big question is that from
06:11carrying out this terror attack towards which place these terrorists have fled and how they could be
06:17captured that is the biggest uh i'm also concerned about what you're also mentioning this is this is
06:23also on the highway i believe the national highway and uh this is uh or at least close to it
06:28which means
06:29there would be civilians citizens tourists and it is a time that uh tourism also escalates uh considering
06:36it's autumn and then upcoming winter season as well so they'll have to have a look about how the highways
06:40are kept protected
06:45yes absolutely puja those are already uh uh kept has been kept uh under the vigil and the under the
06:53security grid but as you earlier said that terrorists wherever they are either they are in one
06:59or two in the numbers they are always desperate to see any kind of a chance where they could carry
07:04out the terror attack during last three months they have carried out such three terror attacks one
07:09in the anathnag where one policeman was killed uh in the large area of anathnag then another uh
07:15terror attack on the non-local laborers in the kulgam district where two non-local laborers were killed
07:21in the evening and now today they have carried out this attack on the naka party of the crpf uh
07:26in
07:27the kulgam district so uh terrorists desperately want to show their presence as the government is
07:33saying they have completely cracked down the terrorists there is no not any terror attack
07:37and to show their presence that they are here in the kashmir valley these kind of terror that's right
07:42that's what ashraf is saying is actually correct this is an an attempt by these uh sleeper cells or
07:48tourists uh possibly local in this case to know which is the safest location these are remember
07:53meadows these are heavily forested mountains and to be able to scoot and then hide would be easy
07:59and that's one of the reasons possibly this location is chosen ashraf i'll let you go i
08:03understand you will be constantly getting in touch with the authorities and to get us more details about
08:08the location and what is happening there i'll let you go for now thank you very much
