Infiltration from across LoC going up: India Prime Minister

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) India Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Tuesday termed as "worrisome" attempts by secessionist
and militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir to make common cause
with "outside elements" to create an impression of turmoil in
the state and said such a situation must not be allowed to
develop.

Singh also said infiltration from across the Line of
Control and also via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh
and the sea is "going up".

Addressing the Directors General and Inspectors
General of Police's here on the concluding day of the two-day
conference organised by the Intelligence Bureau, he said there
were reasons to be satisfied that both Assembly and Lok Sabha
elections in the state were held in a peaceful manner and that
the level of violence is "perhaps at its lowest levels" since
the beginning of insurgency in the late 80's.

"But there are certain developments that are
worrisome. Infiltration across the Line of Control and also
via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh and the sea is
going up. Encounters with armed militants have become more
frequent in recent weeks and months," he told the conference
attended by Home Minister P Chidamabaram and National Security
Advisor M K Narayanan.

In an obvious reference to Pakistan, the Prime
Minister said secessionist and militant groups within the
state were again attempting to make common cause with outside
elements and have embarked on a series of protest movements.
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