The revival of militancy in Punjab is a warning for Jammu and Kashmir. Security analysts in the government are looking at Pakistan ISI’s game plan to revive Sikh militancy in Punjab’s terror attack. It looks as if ISI is desperate to revive Punjab militancy to open two fronts besides Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Home Ministry immediately after the Dinangar militant attack had broached the subject of ISI’s game plan to revive Punjab militancy in a meeting with Punjab officials. It also revived its assets in UK and Canada for this reason besides hosting Khalistani terrorists in Pakistan. Concerns too have been expressed at the events unfolding within Punjab and neighbouring Jammu. And Punjab has been on the radar of terrorist organisations for the last few months. Immediately after the Guradaspur attack on a police station Pakistan-supported terrorists attacked Pathankot Air Force Base and kept the security agencies engaged for more than six days. This followed by false scare of spotting of militants in the border areas. It looks the situation is remnant of 1996 in Kashmir and reports from Punjab were also not so encouraging. There are signs and signals coming in abundance that attempts were being made to revive militancy and on ground also frustration creeping up is about to burst. The killing of a Shiv Sanik took place early May last year in Gurdaspur and at a rally organised by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, pro-Khalistan slogans were raised. Even the interrogation of two Khalistani militants arrested after the incidents, had confirmed that ISI wants to open a new front in Punjab. The security agencies are also probing in the angle if Punjab’s drug cartel provided the three terrorists any logistic help in crossing through the riverine border. Pakistan hosts three Sikh militant groups. Babbar Khalsa and the Paramjeet Singh Panjwar faction of the Khalistan Commando Force consisting mostly of ageing militants while the Khalistan Zindbad Force led by Ranjeet Singh Neeta, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, has relatively younger members.
