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| Infiltration up: Army Chief | | | New Delhi, April 28: Infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, helped by Pakistani establishment, has risen substantially, with March recording the highest influx as compared to the corresponding month in the last seven years.
Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today said there was information about more militants preparing to infiltrate into India and that his force has "refined" the pattern of deployment to foil these attempts.
"As far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, infiltration has increased in March because of the elections being held there and to disrupt the electoral process in the state, " he told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here.
"The figure upto March 31 says that 54 terrorists have come into Jammu and Kashmir," Gen Kapoor added.
In view of the continuing threat, he said, the Army has taken a number of steps to "refine" its techniques. "We keep refining our deployment patterns and that is exactly what we have done," the Army chief said.
Sources said the infiltration in March this year was the highest for the corresponding month in the past seven years. The infiltration has increased both in terms of quantity and quality, considering the weapons brought by terrorists, the sources said.
"It cannot happen without the conscious decision of the establishment in Pakistan," they added.
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