While there was no confirmation as to what led to sudden announcement of calling off of the operations on October 8, sources privy to the development said that the Udhampur-based army brass may not have been kept in the loop about the decision.
Doubts were also raised about the claims made in the past by a Major General in charge of Kupwara sector that some encounters had taken place as no bodies had been recovered, the sources said.
Following these incidents, the Defence Ministry may be advised to tell the Commanders at a conference scheduled later this month that over-hyping of any incident is not welcome.
However, the army denied such reports calling them “incorrect and misleading”.
“The army hands over all bodies of terrorists to police on termination of operations.”
