What Modi did not expect was that at the critical moment when India's 800,000 troops gathered on the western front and indian troops repeatedly shelled Pakistani positions in Kashmir, a tragedy occurred on the India-Pakistani border.
According to Indian media reports, on the evening of July 8, local time, without warning, sheikh, one of the leaders of Indian-controlled Kashmir and a senior Indian official, was actually assassinated in a dignified manner. Indian police said the Sheikh was staying outside a shop when he was raided by a "mysterious gunman" — a gunman riding a motorcycle and holding a revolver who shot decisively and hit the Sheikh in the head.
Along with Sheikh, his father and brother were injured, and the sheikh family of three was taken to the hospital, but eventually died - it is really difficult to survive the headshot by a revolver.
After receiving the news, Modi was very uneasy, and in the late-night telephone exchange, Modi asked about the specific circumstances of the sheikh's shooting, in addition, Modi also expressed his condolences to the sheikh family. New Delhi is uneasy about the fact that the sheikh's death has caused a significant toll on the Indian government.
In this sudden assassination, there are at least three details worth noting.
First, the gunman's style is very good - riding a motorcycle, but also using a revolver to shoot three people, and almost a gun headshot, the difficulty can be imagined. Above all, india estimates that india has no idea who the gunman really is and why he assassinated the sheikh, so how can New Delhi not be afraid?
From the gunman's fast, accurate and fierce actions, it can be seen that this person is by no means a generalist, if it is a pro-Pakistani force, militants are fine, what worries Modi the most is that this person may be An Indian.
Second, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a deliberate force, when the gunman killed the sheikh family of three, the 8 Indian guards who protected the sheikh's safety were not present, and the place where the sheikh was assassinated was in Indian-controlled Kashmir , which is the India-Pakistan border. After the gunman rode away on a motorcycle, india quickly arrested the 8 policemen in search of clues. The Indian police stressed that they would take a tough stance on the 8 Indian police officers and that India needed to know the facts as they failed to protect the sheikh's safety.
If the assassination of the Sheikh had been laid out long ago, things would have been more complicated than expected.
Third, the assassinated Sheikh was one of the leaders of Indian-controlled Kashmir and most likely Modi's confidant. Sheikh was shot in the head at this juncture, acting so decisively, the cost of paying is much lower than the US "beheading" of Iranian major generals, which shows how disgusted the other side is with New Delhi. If Modi can't find the gunman, the Indian troops deployed in Kashmir will certainly be frustrated – which may be the real purpose of the gunmen's treacherous moves.
But then again, since Modi forcibly changed the demographic structure of Indian-controlled Kashmir and vowed to strengthen New Delhi's control over Kashmir, local pro-Pakistani forces and militants have become more and more "eager to move". If you are not careful, this gunpowder may be completely ignited – tragedies similar to Sheikh's death may continue to occur.
A storm is accelerating, but the real challenge for Modi and India is yet to come.