Srinagar: The Indian Army on Wednesday deployed its Marine commandos at the world-famous Dal Lake in view of the upcoming G20 tourism meeting in Srinagar next week. Elite Marcos has been carrying out continuous patrolling operations in the lake area since its deployment yesterday. According to sources, persistent intelligence inputs about recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir as well as attempts across the Line of Control (LoC) to derail peace in Kashmir around the G20 meet have prompted security agencies to deploy Marcos and NSG commandos. encouraged to deploy. For the upcoming G-20 meetings in Srinagar including the world famous Dal Lake.
While the Marine Commandos (MARCOS) of the Army and Navy are experts in maritime operations, the NSG is India’s elite anti-hostage special force that will guard the ‘SKICC’ on the banks of Dal Lake, the main venue of the G20 meeting.
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Sources said, “After their meeting at SKICC, some foreign dignitaries may take a shikara ride on Dal Lake, which is why MARCOS have been activated in the Dal Lake area under their watch to keep the area safe and secure.” ”
According to sources, Pakistan is trying its best to disrupt the G-20 meeting in Srinagar. Intelligence agencies have received a letter giving detailed instructions to Pakistani sympathizers to target India before and during the G-20 summit in Kashmir.
According to sources, even during such a crisis in its own country, Pakistan is working on a plan to spread misinformation about Kashmir and intelligence agencies have obtained documents to prove it.
Zee News also accessed these intelligence documents, which show the kind of disinformation being spread by Pakistan in an attempt to derail the peaceful situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Posters urging the G-20 to boycott its meeting have been put up in Srinagar.
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Meanwhile, a UK-based opposition group has joined the “Boycott G20” campaign, hours after Pakistan took over the G20 tourism group meeting in Srinagar at the United Nations. Recorded messages from militant group “Sikhs for Justice” (SFJ) have started calling on mobile phone users of Jammu and Kashmir to boycott the meeting and block the Srinagar International Airport.
On the evening of 15 May, many mobile phone users started receiving pre-recorded messages on their phones from UK numbers like +447520693559, +447418343648 from Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, convenor of Sikhs for Justice.
In view of the threats received, the Indian Army and agencies have become active to thwart all the nefarious designs of Pakistan. The main venue for meetings remains, and routes used by foreign and national dignitaries are being made extra secure to ensure that major international events after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir No untoward incident should happen during the event.