( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
It was an era of different “End-to-End Encryption’’ when cheat codes were devised to carry out sabotage and further anti-India narrative in Kashmir.
The story dates back to the Kashmir Conspiracy, the mention of which has been ably and diligently made by B N Mullik, an Indian civil servant, spymaster and the second Director of the Intelligence Bureau of India.
In his Book on Kashmir, published by Allied Publishers in April 1971, B N Mullik, besides giving other accounts, mentions how Pakistani intelligence agencies through their sympathizers were using secret codes to pass on information.
In the absence of WhatsApp, e-mail, or any other digital medium, they were using letters, stuffed with secret messages, mostly in Urdu, to carry forward their nefarious designs.
Kashmiri Pandit was a “ Saudgar’’
Mullik, who smashed this network, found interesting disclosures that he has carried in the Book. As per the Book, Kashmiri Pandit in secret code language was addressed as “Saudagar’’, while “ India’’ was referred to as “ Baramulla’’, `Srinagar’ as “Rampur’’ and “Pakistan’ as “Sopore.’’.’
India’s First Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru was addressed as “Jaffar’’. For saboteurs, “ Kashmir’’ was “ Talab’’, while “ Azad Kashmir’’ (PoK) was referred to as “ Chaudhari Lucknow’’.
Mullik’s book mentions about 105 such names, which were in use but were deciphered by Indian Intelligence Agencies to smash the Pakistani Plan in the Kashmir Conspiracy Case.
Kashmir Rechords is reproducing some of such ‘’Cheat Codes’’ here.
