Archive · 5 Dec 2025
White Collar Terrorism in Kashmir: Silent Insurgency
The way militancy works in Kashmir has changed a lot.
Instead of armed fighters hiding in forests, the new threat comes from educated professionals like doctors, engineers, and academics.
These people use their jobs and respect in society to secretly support militant activities.
They move money, spread ideas, and recruit others without being noticed.
This is called white-collar terrorism.
It's harder to stop because these people look like normal, respected members of society.
They use things like encrypted messages, online groups, and business deals to do their work.
This new kind of militancy started after big changes in Kashmir's laws in 2019.
It's a sneaky way to keep the conflict going without using guns or loud protests.
White-collar terrorism in Kashmir involves educated professionals operating covertly to support militancy.
This shift occurred post-2019, following the abrogation of Article 370, as traditional militancy models collapsed.
Professionals use their legitimacy to move money, spread radical ideas, and recruit others without detection.
Financial networks and radicalization chains are the core engines of this new militancy model.
The conflict has moved to digital spaces, academic circles, and business channels, making it harder to detect and counter.
- Who
- Educated professionals, academics, businessmen, lawyers, and students in Kashmir and abroad
- What
- A shift in militancy tactics to white-collar terrorism, using professionals to operate covertly
- When
- Post-2019, following the abrogation of Article 370
- Where
- Kashmir and international locations like Turkey and Bangladesh
- Why
- To evade traditional security measures and maintain influence through legitimacy and respectability
- Author
- Murtaza Ali
- Publication
- ThePrint
- Focus Area
- Kashmir Militancy
- Primary Threat
- Educated Professionals
- Key Tactics
- Financial Networks, Radicalisation Chains
- Geographical Scope
- Kashmir and Diaspora
- Post-370 Impact
- Shift to Digital and Academic Spaces