No Taliban infiltration in India: Indian Army

New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Indian Army Chief General Deepak
Kapoor Tuesday said there is no "trace" of Taliban in the
country amid reports some of these elements have infiltrated
but women are being "trained" on the other side of the Line of
Control(LoC) to cross over for terror acts.

Gen Kapoor also said the army would continue to
"neutralise" elements trying to disturb peace and security in
the country.

"Whether it is LeT, JeM or HUJI militant or Taliban,
whosoever tries to disturb peace and stability of the region,
he will be dealt with in the same fashion and will be
neutralised," he told reporters.

Asked about reports that some 30 Taliban have infiltrated
into India, Kapoor said, "As far as the Indian Army is
concerned, we have had no trace of Taliban."

Asked about the possibility of involvement of women
handlers in the Pulwama encounter in Jammu and Kashmir that
ended yesterday with the killing of two militants, Gen Kapoor
said, "We have information that women are being trained on the
other side to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir."

"It is possible that women may be involved in giving
directions to the terrorists," he added.

Kapoor said that Army was "fully prepared" to deal with
the situation if there was any information about infiltration
of women in the country.

The General said the Army had expected "calibration" in
infiltration around the election time. (MORE) PTI AJD
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"We did expect that there would be a certain amount of
calibration from the other side to push in infiltrators
because of elections, which is what they are trying," Gen
Kapoor said.

Kapoor said the Army had "foreseen" the rise in the
infiltration of militants and was prepared to tackle it.

"We had already foreseen all this happening and we were
quite well prepared for it and that is why our troops were
there on the Line of Control and deployed in three tiers to be
able to check infiltration," he said.

"We are quite confident that we will be able to meet
this situation and are quite sure that people will be able to
exercise their franchise in a peaceful and stable environment
as had happened for assembly elections," Kapoor added. PTI
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