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Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 29 : Terror is practically at our gate. The jehad machine in Pakistan has set up new launch pads within striking distance from the International Border. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), backed by the Pakistani forces, has set up base in areas quite close to the border to ensure that fidayeen attacks are swift and deadly. The recent attacks on security establishments, especially in Jammu, have been part of this strategy.
A number of inputs gathered by the Indian intelligence agencies indicate that these terror camps, virtually lining the Jammu border, have been frequented by LeT founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Based on the recent infiltration attempts, the reports - which have been prepared by the Border Security Force (BSF) and submitted to the Union Home Ministry -- mention that the terror launch pads have been set up within three km from the Jammu border.
Some of these reports, accessed by Mail Today, say that eight to 10 camps have been identified in the border areas where trained terrorists are housed while awaiting final instructions and a suitable opportunity to launch attacks on India.
Bada Bhai Masroor, Abhial Dogra, Chaprar, Sukhmal and Charkbhura in Pakistan, close to the Jammu border, have been identified as the launch pads that are being controlled by LeT. Terrorists who have undergone training in camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are brought to these forward areas and put on standby to strike at short notice.
There have been frequent reports of groups of terrorists, who are active across the border, making attempts to infiltrate from Jammu along the International Border. Along with LeT fidayeen, even the Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists have been named in some intelligence reports. "A group of 12-15 terrorists of TTP and LeT is planning to infiltrate to carry out terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir," a report has warned. According to the intelligence inputs generated recently, nearly 60 terrorists from across the border are ready to carry out terror strikes in India. The group was part of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) launch pad that was to carry out the strikes in India. The inputs also point out that the plot was being closely monitored by Hafiz Sayeed.
There have been a series of infiltration attempts and ceasefire violations along the border since last year.
The Pakistani border guarding force, the Rangers, has frequently carried out heavy shelling on the Indian outposts along the International Border, forcing the BSF to resort to retaliatory firing. Intelligence reports indicate that the heavy shelling by the Pakistani side was being carried out to support infiltration bids by the members of the terror outfits.
"Low-scale firing across the border has been going on almost every day for the past few months. There has been a pattern. When there is heavy shelling in an area, apparently to divert our attention, it is noticed that infiltration is being planned from an adjoining area," a BSF officer said. Arnia, Paharpur, Samba, Kathua and Akhnoor in Jammu have been the vulnerable spots in the terror groups' plans to infiltrate India. The recent attacks on an army camp and a police station in Samba and Kathua were also part of the Lashkar's strategy of pushing terrorists from the launch pads set up across the border over the past year. Sources said that ever since the Narendra Modi government took charge last year, the infiltration attempts have been steadily on the rise. According to BSF reports, eight infiltration attempts have been foiled in the past two months along the Jammu border. "With the help of our surveillance equipment, we have spotted armed men in civil clothes assembling across the border... We have even fired at them in an attempt to dissuade them from crossing over," a BSF officer said. "On some occasions, the armed men from have even retaliated from across the border," the officer added. There was a series of ceasefire violations in December, followed by increased activity across the border. Sources say large groups of terrorists were brought to these launch pads with a view to sneaking into India at the first available opportunity and then carry out fidayeen attacks.
All through 2014, there were a series of skirmishes along the International Border. Over 550 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan took place last year, the highest since the truce came into force in 2003.
Intelligence inputs indicate that the ceasefire violations were planned to ensure that the terrorists successfully infiltrate into India. According to data available with the Home Ministry, there have been over 175 infiltration attempts in 2014. In 2011, the number stood at 52 and at 95 in 2010. |
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