A month after Centre abrogated Articles 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, posters by terrorist organisations have cropped up in several places, threatening people to prevent the return of normalcy in the Valley. The posters were found in Anantnag, Shopian, few districts of north Kashmir and downtown Srinagar on Wednesday and Thursday.

As the situation gradually limps back to normal in the valley, such posters by terrorist outfits are urging locals to continue the boycott of Centre's decision and attempt to in stil fear.

“After using previous political affiliations of people,India is making efforts to divide Muslims at this critical turn. After shunning previous political affiliations, people should not cooperate with India.Anybody cooperating will be called treacherous and murderer of this nation. The nation will fix penalty of such persons,” states one such poster allegedly circulated by Youth Wing Resistance Leadership.

“India has been projecting our activities in a wrong manner before world nations. You are requested to come out of homes on need basis and not make unnecessary use of vehicles, so that Indian media does not getjustification for carrying wrong information,” it adds.

Another public notice by 'Oppressed Kashmir People' states,“It is the responsibility of us all to hold hands of each other at this critical juncture; come on roads to expose the so-called democracy of India andto fulfil the mission of martyrs. Government employees are requested, inparticular, to support by holding boycott. After every evening prayer. people should hold peaceful protests in every street and locality so that oppressed Kashmiri scan get their rights.”

According to intelligence sources, Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM)and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have appeared at a number of places outside localmosques in North and South Kashmir districts threatening shopkeepers,transporters and others with dire consequences if they attempt to resume normalactivities.Some masked youths also reportedly appeared in some mosques inSrinagar and Sopore warning people not to resume normal activities.

On 5 August 2019, the Centre abrogated Articles 370 and 35Ain Jammu and Kashmir which gave special status to the state and bifurcated itinto two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Frustrated by Indian government's decision to abrogateArticle 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu andKashmir, Pakistan has been desperately trying to unleash mayhem in India. Pakistan'sspy agency ISI has upped its efforts to create disturbance in Jammu and Kashmirand the ISI has chalked out a plan to recruit 10,000 terrorists from therestive Waziristan region of its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Sources addedthat camps have been set up by ISI to provide training to the new recruitsbefore helping them cross over the LoC to launch terror attacks in India.

"This remains a big worry for the militants and that iswhy they are resorting to civilian killings and handing down threats. Suchtactics are self defeating as the common man seems to have decided not to playinto their hands", said a senior police officer.