...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
with headquarters at Jammu and Srinagar which was the case when the unit was brought under the control of CID Special Branch in April 2022.
"The Counter Insurgency unit of the CID which once functioned as full-fledged Intelligence gathering unit against the terrorism was brought under operational control of Special Branch on April 11, 2022, which works as verification unit and oversees political side.
However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
the CI wing has once again been revived as full-fledged separate entity as the need was felt for Intelligence gathering against terror ecosystem," official sources told the Excelsior.
"To ensure the revival of Counter Intelligence as a separate vertical, the manpower of CI Jammu and Srinagar, working under the operation control of SSP Special Branch Jammu and Srinagar, has been detached with immediate effect to work under operational control and command of the SSP CI Jammu and Srinagar," an official order said.
Recently, the Government ordered posting of SSPs Counter Intelligence in Jammu as well as Srinagar.
Sources said the manpower of Counter Intelligence, which was working under operation control of Special Branch, has been withdrawn and it will now be part of the Counter Intelligence at Jammu and Srinagar besides all district headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Special Investigation Agency (SIA), constituted by the Government on the lines of NIA, which was also drawing manpower from the CID, has got its sanctioned strength and will function as separate entity.
"Now, there will be three separate wings including the Counter Intelligence, which will exclusively focus on gathering Intelligence about terror network across Jammu and Kashmir, Special Branch which will focus on verifications and political side and SIA which will be the investigating wing in major terror-related cases," sources said, adding all these measures are aimed at hitting at the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir.