New Delhi, January 09: Downplaying the terrorist encounter at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said security forces engaged the militants on the basis of credible intelligence inputs and the incidents did not signify revival of militancy.
“Both the operations were initiated by the security forces and not terrorists. There were credible intelligence information,” he told reporters here, contending that the incidents got so much attention only because it took place in Srinagar.
These were part of surgical strikes, he said.
Abdullah said though he could not claim that militancy had died down in Kashmir, violence was prevalent in the state as much as in any other part of the country, including the Maoist-affected states.
–PTI