J&K governor Satya Pal Malik says Pulwama terror attack partly result of intelligence failure
Jammu & Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, on Thursday, said that Pulwama jihadist attack was partly the result of an intelligence failure, especially because security forces could not detect the loading and movement of the explosive-laden Scorpio.
The governor said, “We cannot accept that (intelligence failure). We could not detect or check the vehicle full of explosives moving on the highway. We must accept that we are at fault also.” He admitted that while security forces were “eliminating” local militants, including those belonging to the Jaish, but there was no warning or intelligence input about any of them being trained to become a “suicide bomber”.
He said: “The fact that we did not know that there was a fidayeen among them is also part of the intelligence failure. I can admit that. This man (bomber Adil Ahmad Dar) was very much on our list of suspects. But due to the pressure they were under, no one was giving them shelter in their homes. So, he must have escaped to the jungles or the hills and got lost. We knew about him but could not trace him. This was just a chance thing and he was the rare one who got away. The rest have been getting killed.”
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