Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Army today said that the coming months are going to be tough in Kashmir as militants are planning fresh bids of infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) but are prepared for any such challenge.
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a Border Security Forces (BSF) passing out parade: “Coming months are tough from the security point of view. We have the terrorist infrastructure intact across the LoC, on the LoC and in the hinterland. But I would like to assure you that the counter- infiltration grid is effective and you will see it for yourselves the way we have sorted the infiltration attempts and also in the hinterland a large number of operations which were carried out in which we were able to eliminate large number of the terrorist leadership.”
The GOC said that there are lot of activities on the launch pads across LoC in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and they are preparing for infiltration into Kashmir.
“As per our intelligence inputs, there are activities at the launch pads. We also got reports of a senior terrorist leader who has been visiting on and off out there. And we expect infiltration and at the same time we are prepared for any challenge of that sort”, said Singh.
The GOC said that the militant infrastructure across the LoC is intact and coming months will be tough from the security point of view in Kashmir. He said the first snowfall has occurred but the area of the LoC is not fully covered by the snow.
The Army officer said that there is an excellent synergy among security forces and the intelligence agencies that has led to successful operations. “You have seen that in last operations there were specific intelligence, operations were done with surgical procedure and the results were in front of you,” he added.
Singh said that Army is prepared to fulfil its task of maintaining security preparedness and create a conducive environment for the forthcoming elections. “The security challenges are there, we have to be prepared and we are alert. We are prepared for any challenges in the hinterland also. Our task is to maintain security preparedness and create a conducive environment for the election and other processes,” he added.
However, the Army officer declined to share the number of militants active in the launch pads across the LoC. “I would not like to share with you the numbers of those waiting to infiltrate. The numbers are related to security dynamics and it is more related to planning our security related operations. So at this stage it would be premature to share the number of terrorists in the training camps, launch pads or in hinterland,” he added.
Earlier, the GOC took salute of a parade of fresh BSF recruits held at the Subsidiary Training Centre of the para-military force at Humhama near Srinagar International Airport.
Over 340 recruits were inducted as constables in BSF after completing 34 weeks of rigorous basic training. Besides the regular training, the cadets were imparted training in counter-insurgency, anti-terrorism, commando operations, field engineering, field craft and minor tactics.
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