u/Behnawan_Woul

Had an exam today. I was uneasy during the exam as well, wondering whether they had messaged me or not. Anyway, I held my focus and did well. But now that I'm back home, not a single text.

I always make their birthday feel special. I get them gifts and put thought into making the day meaningful for them. They didn't even message me. 🥀💔

I guess I'm not an interesting person at all, and people would rather not value me.

Link to the earlier post for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kashmiri/s/ttJBdHxbfm

This whole incident I mentioned in the earlier post is from before the Pahalgam attack happened.

Now, a few weeks before the Pahalgam attack, a youngster was apprehended at the police naka near Aishmuqam, on the way to Pahalgam. The police found an automatic rifle in his bag. However, he made a call at that very moment, and after some time, an Army convoy arrived at the spot and took him away with them.

Now, I'm not going to tell you where or how I got this information from, that's inviting too much trouble. But the Army command line in the area had been using the same youngsters, whom they had turned into drug addicts and were using as informants, to plant weapons at a specified location in Pahalgam just weeks before the Pahalgam attack.

Now, I'm not saying anything. Y'all can think about it for yourselves.

I'm not going to tell y'all where I got this information from because that might put me and the people from whom I received it in trouble. But I want this to reach the world and let people know what's happening under the Indian occupation in Kashmir.

So, this is from an area in Anantnag. Youngsters in that area used to play volleyball on the grounds of a local school, and one random day they were just chilling and roaming around on KP Road. An Army jeep stopped in front of them. They were afraid and ran. Indian forces followed them, caught them, and beat them up. Nothing new.

Days went by, and the administration of that local school told these youngsters not to play volleyball on the school grounds anymore. So they moved to a different spot, a volleyball court outside the local army camp, and started playing there.

Now, Indian forces regularly patrol that area for routine checkups and such. One day, they approached those youngsters, recognized them, and apologized for beating them up the last time. They told them there was a well-maintained volleyball court inside the army camp and that they could come and play there. They even said the army would organize tournaments for them.

The youngsters started going there, and the army took their phone numbers, created a WhatsApp group, and began acting friendly with them. They would tell the kids that if they ever needed anything, they could reach out.

Then, the army started feeding these youngsters drugs and alcohol, essentially turning them into addicts.

After that, they would task them with becoming informants in exchange for more drugs and alcohol. They were even told to lure more kids into it, kinda like an MLM scheme.

Imagine, this is happening in a fairly urban and educated part of the district. What must be happening in other places?

Also, all of this even has a link to the Pahalgam attack, but I'm afraid to reveal that part of the situation because it might put this under the radar and cause us trouble.