Agencies
Chennai, Sept 23: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said the Balakot terror launchpad of Jaish-e-Mohammed that the Indian Air Force (IAF) wiped out in an airstrike on February 26, has been reactivated.
Speaking to the media in Chennai, General Rawat said, "Balakot has been reactivated. Balakot was affected, damaged and destroyed. The action had been taken by the Indian Air Force and now they are reactivated."General Bipin Rawat also said that about 500 infiltrators are waiting to infiltrate into India.
"We have a minimum number of 500 people (terrorists). Depending on the weather pattern they keep moving. As the temperature keeps falling, they move. Figures keep fluctuating depending on where terrorists are. We have taken measures and put in more troops along LoC," he said. |
