The successful conduct and outcome of the Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir has been the cynosure of the eyes for the Pakistani establishment and military junta that has always adopted bloodshed and terrorism as the state policy to devastate the lives of the people here. Within no time of taking the reins of power by the Omar Abdullah led National Conference and Congress Alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, the patrons of terror have asserted and started targeted killings of the non –locals. It started with the killing of a non-local a few days ago and then followed by Ganderbal carnage that included both non-locals and locals. Now on Thursday there has been the targeting of another non local boy but fortunately his life was saved. It was not the end of miseries and terror again on Thursday porters working with army were killed including the soldiers at Gulmarg known for its tourism gaze.Srinagar based Chinar Corps of the Indian army has said on the social media post on X that a brief fire fight took place between the Indian Army and terrorists in general area Bota Pathri in Baramulla. The area is under the Army control but there are reports that in the past a terrorist group has infiltrated in the early summer and established their presence in the higher reaches of the Afrawat range. The series of these continuous attacks need to be analysed in totality so that the modus operandi of the terror groups is decoded and innocent lives saved from their threat. One thing is clear that these attacks are acts of desperation to send a message that the radical groups are operational on the ground and their writ still runs. After the neutralisation of Article 370 and 35 A Jammu and Kashmir was subjected to the Central Rule and the local government was not in place. It has to be noted that the Assembly Elections got a tremendous response from the masses and registered a record turnout that has outwitted the voter percentage in other states in India that have gone to polls recently. The year 2024 started with the terror attacks in Rajouri and other parts of Jammu region, where terrorists engaged in ambushing the Indian Army and the security personnel. This was termed as the shifting of the theatre of war from Kashmir to Jammu as the entire focus was on bringing normalcy in Kashmir to restore the economic development. Though it worked and has paid dividends. But now the threat perception has reached the new level. The need is to develop a comprehensive blueprint to plug the loopholes that are enabling the terrorists to act with impunity and disrupt the path of development and peace in Jammu and Kashmir. The UHQ meeting held today that was chaired by the Lieutenant Governor(LG) Manoj Sinha must be seen as a step in that direction where the LG has directed for the robust security grid and inter-agency co-operation and co-ordination strengthened. He also underlined the need for immediate steps for dismantling the networks of the Over Ground Workers(OGW) and narco- terrorism ecosystem. There is a need to understand that Pakistan and its sleeper cells operative on ground in Jammu and Kashmir are acting in both regions of Jammu and Kashmir as per their convenience to inflict severe damages to destabilise the atmosphere of peace. The situation that is emerging on the ground demands that security cover and intelligence gathering must be updated. Jammu and Kashmir cannot afford to lower the guard and allow the squandering away of the atmosphere of relative peace that had begun to prevail. Kashmir has witnessed the unfortunate carnages of Wandhama and Nadimarg that sent shock waves and exposed the fault lines leading to genocidal attrition of Kashmiri Pandits. This time the administration has to be extra cautious keeping in view the series of attacks on the non –locals. The previous patterns of terrorist violence if analysed properly indicate that there is a need to update the security cover of the Kashmiri Pandit Employees working in different areas who have been targeted in the working places in the past too.A total overhaul of the security preparedness is the need of the hour to save the innocent people from being targeted by the terror groups.