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| As wireless intercepts unfold militant plans to make infiltration bids on I-Day eve, forces put on high alert | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Aug 13: As the wireless intercepts made by Indian agencies in the past few days have unfolded militant plans to make fresh infiltration bids on the eve of Independence Day, border troops and police have been put on high alert.
"SHOs of all the police stations in Jammu region have been asked to exercise extra vigil in the areas that fall under their jurisdiction as any laxity on their part may help the enemy agents to create disturbance on, or before Independence Day," a senior police officer said.
He said the SHOs had been asked to lay night ambushes at vulnerable places and keep an eye on suspects and outsiders in their areas.
The officer said the wireless intercepts made by the Indian agencies in the past few days had unfolded plans of militants to infiltrate into J&K.
In a way, these intercepts suggested that there was frustration on the part of Pak-based militant commanders due to the failed infiltration bids in the past.
"These intercepts are also seen by the agencies as a sign of growing frustration among militant commanders in Pakistan after the detection of the secret tunnel on the IB at Chilyari in Samba here last month and the elimination of a large number of top rung commanders of different outfits in encounters in J&K," he said.
The tunnel, running between India and Pakistan, was to be used by militants as an infiltration route. Its detection before I-Day had upset their plans to create trouble on the eve of Independence Day in J&K, he added.
He said even as the border troops were maintaining round-the-clock vigil on the IB and the LoC, police too had been put on high alert in view of the wireless intercepts.
In the winter capital city and on its outskirts, police could be seen carrying out checking of minibuses and frisking of commuters. The cars and luggage carriers plying on the city roads and entering the city from outside areas were too being checked thoroughly by the cops.
As a standard measure against any act of sabotage, hoteliers had been instructed to contact police in case any suspicious person checks in their establishments.
The officer said the pressure had increased on militants in Pak training camps to infiltrate on the eve of Independence Day to do something big on this side of the border.
Forces were, however, ready to face any threat from them, he asserted.
In the militancy affected Doda, Kishtwar, Ramnagar, Reasi, Rajouri and Poonch areas also, police, security forces and VDCs had stepped up vigil to avoid any untoward incident.
He said as compared to the past practice of staying in hideouts, militants had changed their tactics and were now regularly on the move, not staying at one place for long due to the fear of their killing by forces.
"They do not trust the local population, whether Hindus or Muslims, any more and are always on the move, trying to revive the lost ground," he said.
Over 100 commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), HM, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM),
Harkat-ul-jehadi Islami (HUJI) and Albadr have been killed across the state in the past two years, or so.
They included HM's deputy chief (operational) Shabir Ahmed, top divisional commanders of JeM, HM and LeT -- Abdullah Satar, Saqib and Yousuf Gujjar.
The aim of the Pak-based militant commanders was now to regain the lost ground and bring J&K back in focus by sending foreign militants in the state. |
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