Pakistan Rangers cancel leave of personnel

September 21, 2016 09:29

Intelligence inputs have revealed that following the Uri attack, Pakistan Rangers has canceled the leave of its personnel deployed along the Indo-Pak border in J&K and Punjab in apprehension of a retaliation from Indian forces.

Highly-placed sources in the Army informed The Indian Express that the Headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers in Lahore issued these directions immediately after the Uri attack.

A senior officer informed that the number of Pakistan Rangers deployed along the border have also been increased and that any gaps which existed in their deployment due to shortage of manpower have also been filled.

'The intelligence intercepts and ground based information also reveals that the senior officers of the Rangers, including those who hold the appointment of Wing Commander have also been asked to position themselves in forward areas. The Wing Commanders have, in fact, been instructed to stay overnight in forward locations till the situation is re-assessed by higher headquarters'.

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