Pakistan building defensive bunkers along border: BSF DG

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF)
of India Saturday said Pakistani Rangers are building bunkers
along the border which are very "defensive" in nature and
could be aimed at preventing attacks from within its own
territory.
"We have come across certain construction activities
across the border. In some of the instances the bunkers being
constructed are facing their own territory," BSF Director
General Raman Srivastava told reporters here.
He said it looks that building such defensive bunkers
could be a preventive measure in case of attacks on its border
posts by the Taliban or other militants.
On the BSF's role in the upcoming multi-state coordinated
offensive against Naxals, Srivastava said while five
battalions (about 5,000 personnel) have already been deployed
in the field, eight more battalions will be sent.
Giving an overview of the anti-Naxal operation, which is
set to begin by March-end, he said the task force which has
been created with personnel from the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF), BSF and the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP),
will operate in the states' tri-junctions and bi-junctions.
Asked about the performance of the force's recently
raised women's wing, which has been posted for frisking duties
along the border, Srivastava said he was "extremely happy".
PTI