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"Hot" summer ahead for Kashmir valley
LD INFILTRATION
"Hot" summer ahead for Kashmir valley
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) Intelligence agencies feel that
the coming summer will be "hot" in Jammu and Kashmir in north
India in terms of militant activities.
However, Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today expressed
confidence of tackling the militants.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Union Home Minister
P Chidambaram here, he said "Infiltration has increased in
Jammu and Kashmir this winter in comparison to last winter.
But we are fully capable of handling the situation."
Intelligence inputs received by the Home Ministry have
indicated that the coming summer "will be a hot in Kashmir" in
terms of militant activities but said such situations have
been dealt by security agencies in the past, a senior official
said.
"Pakistan has launched a two-pronged strategy-- one for
increasing infiltration and increasing violence in Jammu and
Kashmir and another for carrying out attacks in the hinterland
by sending terrorists through neighbouring countries like
Bangladesh and Nepal," the official said.
Intelligence inputs suggest that desperate attempts were
being made from across the border to make up for the "lull" in
terrorism in 2009.
At least 60 attempts were made by Pakistan-based
militants to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir since the
beginning of this year, sparking serious concern in the
government, the official said.
The quantum jump in infiltration attempts between
January 1 and March 20 led to 40 encounters between security
forces and militants which left 38 ultras dead.
Nearly 110 terrorists had infiltrated into the border
state in 2009 through 413 infiltration attempts, in which 93
terrorists were killed.
A total of 395 cases of apprehension of infiltration
were reported last year, as compared to 342 in 2008.
There were 573 cases of apprehension of infiltration
in 2006 and 535 in 2007 along the LoC in the state.
Nearly 700 terrorists, half of them foreign mercenaries,
are active in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kapoor had said recently that around 2,500 terrorists
in various training camps in Pakistan were waiting to enter
India. PTI ACB
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"Hot" summer ahead for Kashmir valley
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) Intelligence agencies feel that
the coming summer will be "hot" in Jammu and Kashmir in north
India in terms of militant activities.
However, Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today expressed
confidence of tackling the militants.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Union Home Minister
P Chidambaram here, he said "Infiltration has increased in
Jammu and Kashmir this winter in comparison to last winter.
But we are fully capable of handling the situation."
Intelligence inputs received by the Home Ministry have
indicated that the coming summer "will be a hot in Kashmir" in
terms of militant activities but said such situations have
been dealt by security agencies in the past, a senior official
said.
"Pakistan has launched a two-pronged strategy-- one for
increasing infiltration and increasing violence in Jammu and
Kashmir and another for carrying out attacks in the hinterland
by sending terrorists through neighbouring countries like
Bangladesh and Nepal," the official said.
Intelligence inputs suggest that desperate attempts were
being made from across the border to make up for the "lull" in
terrorism in 2009.
At least 60 attempts were made by Pakistan-based
militants to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir since the
beginning of this year, sparking serious concern in the
government, the official said.
The quantum jump in infiltration attempts between
January 1 and March 20 led to 40 encounters between security
forces and militants which left 38 ultras dead.
Nearly 110 terrorists had infiltrated into the border
state in 2009 through 413 infiltration attempts, in which 93
terrorists were killed.
A total of 395 cases of apprehension of infiltration
were reported last year, as compared to 342 in 2008.
There were 573 cases of apprehension of infiltration
in 2006 and 535 in 2007 along the LoC in the state.
Nearly 700 terrorists, half of them foreign mercenaries,
are active in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kapoor had said recently that around 2,500 terrorists
in various training camps in Pakistan were waiting to enter
India. PTI ACB
SDE
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