Large-scale movement of terrorists to staging posts along the Line of Control has been observed over the past three days, intelligence sources have told The Indian Express, raising fears that a new terror offensive could commence inside weeks.


The Indian Express reports that the build-up, which has swelled numbers at the staging posts to almost 250, comes even as Pakistani troops have escalated shelling and small-arms fire directed at Indian forward positions, with over 25 ceasefire violations reported in the past three days. 


Prime Minister Narendra Modi, government sources said, was briefed on the build-up by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday morning, at the second meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security since the September 29 surgical strikes on terrorist staging posts.


Estimates prepared by the Intelligence Bureau after the attacks show the concentration of jihadists is focused on the central stretches of the Line of Control, with upward of 45 jihadists now believed to be present at staging posts in the Leepa valley, one of the key areas struck by the Indian Army in the raids.