Number of terror camps across LoC has gone up: Army
September 07, 2017 20:39
The number of terror camps and launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have gone up and around 475 terrorists are waiting to sneak into the Indian side, northern Army commander Lt Gen Devraj Anbu said today.
Internally, he said the National Investigation Agency raids on separatists and the killing of top terrorist leaders by security forces have helped in improving security situation in Kashmir.
He said 144 terrorists have been killed in the state so far this year and the situation is "well under control".
Gen Anbu said there have been a large number of infiltration attempts along the LoC in J&K this year but "very less" have been successful.
"We cannot tell you the exact number of the terrorists. But the terrorists, who are waiting to cross over to this side (via the LoC from PoK) are nearly 250 in north Kashmir and around 225 in south of Pir Panjal (Jammu region)," said the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command.
He was responding to questions from journalists after presenting gallantry and distinguished services medals to 103 army officers and jawans and certificates of appreciation to 31 units apart from 31 civilians at an investiture ceremony at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur.
Gen Anbu said the security situation along the LoC and in the hinterland in well under control.
"We are firmly in control of the situation along the LoC... (the number of) launching pads and terrorist camps along LoC has increased as compared to the previous years," he said.
"While infiltration attempts have increased, the success to infiltrate has been much less than previous years despite large number of infiltration attempts. That is because of our robust counter-infiltration grid that we have on LoC," he said.
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