Archive · 10 Aug 2026
ISI pushing proxies to launch psyops in J&K, Punjab
There are smart people whose job it is to keep a country safe, and they are called intelligence agencies.
These agencies have noticed that a spy group from another country is trying to scare people in two parts of India.
The spy group is using other organisations to send scary messages to young people.
The messages tell the young people to hurt workers, government helpers, and police officers.
Police officers are the people who keep us safe and catch bad guys, so hurting them makes everyone less safe.
The plan wants police officers to feel so scared that they stop doing their jobs.
The bad groups also want people to feel worried all the time, so normal life becomes very difficult.
Recently, in one of these places, two migrant workers were killed and a police officer was attacked.
The people protecting the country are watching closely and working to stop these plans before anyone else gets hurt.
Indian intelligence agencies warned that Pakistan's ISI is pushing proxies to launch major psychological operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Khalistan Zindabad Force are planning campaigns calling on youth to target migrant workers, government staff, and police personnel.
Two back-to-back incidents in Jammu and Kashmir saw a Head Constable targeted and two migrants killed.
Officials say smaller arms such as pistols and revolvers are now being smuggled into the states instead of larger weapons like AK-47s.
The stated goal is to create a rift within police departments, compromise law and order, and distract security agencies to enable infiltrations in Jammu and Kashmir and an arms push into Punjab.
- Who
- Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its proxies, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Khalistan Zindabad Force, Babbar Khalsa International, and Sikhs for Justice; the warning was issued by Indian Intelligence Bureau officials.
- What
- Planned psychological operations, disinformation campaigns, and calls to target migrant workers, government staff, and police personnel, along with the smuggling of small arms.
- When
- No specific date given in the article; reported as a recent intelligence warning, with officials saying the calls are 'louder this time around.'
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, India.
- Why
- To create fear and panic, compromise law and order, create a rift within police departments, and distract security agencies to allow infiltrations in Jammu and Kashmir and a large arms push into Punjab.
- Warning issued by
- Indian intelligence agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau
- Target regions
- Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab
- Groups named
- Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), Babbar Khalsa International, Sikhs for Justice (SJF)
- Proxies used
- The Resistance Front, United Liberation Council (ULC)
- Targeted groups
- Migrant workers, government staff, police personnel
- Reported incidents in J&K
- Head Constable targeted; two migrants killed
- Arms being smuggled
- Pistols and revolvers instead of larger weapons such as AK-47s
- Stated objectives
- Create police-government rift, compromise law and order, distract security agencies