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ISI instructs militants to disrupt polls in J&K

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which has close ties with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda and the Jaish-e-Mohammed, has received instructions to spearhead the operation, officials at the army command at Udhampur told reporters in Jammu.

Recently intercepted messages reveal that LeT cadres have been instructed to spread the word that if India succeeds in carrying out the election they will also succeed in 'taking Kashmir', officials said.

"If India does not succeed in conducting the election, then they will have to leave Kashmir," the ISI has reportedly told them.

The ISI operatives have said that it is a 'final game and a matter of life and death for Pakistan', according to the officials.

The intercepts has also revealed that the LeT told its cadres that the time has come to reap the benefits of 'twelve years of hard work', which was possible only by preventing people from casting their votes either by threatening them or by killing them if required.

The LeT, Al-Qaeda and the JeM, all banned by the United States and other major powers, have been assured of 'all the equipment' needed to achieve their goals, the official said.

Alarmed at the prospect of being unable to accuse India of rigging the election with the introduction of electronic voting machines, the ISI has directed the militant outfits to damage, destroy and steal the machines from the places where they are kept.

The ultras have been told to establish contact with local officers like the tehsildars and patwaris or junior election officers and to keep watch on schools, offices and other buildings, where EVMs may be stored before or just after the election, so that they can be destroyed or stolen, the officials said.

PTI

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