Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Sept 6: Army has completely exposed Pakistan’s deceptive strategy on the Line of Control (LoC) opposite twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, where it had constructed launching pads and fortified bunkers looking like the civilian houses with a view to target forward Indian posts.
“Appearances are deceptive. What appeared to be normal civilian houses on Pakistan side opposite Balakote, Mendhar and some other sectors of Poonch and Rajouri districts, are in fact, fortified Pakistani posts and launching pads, which were being used by the enemy troops to target Indian posts and facilitate infiltration of trained militants inside the Indian territory,” official sources told the Excelsior.
Sources said the Pakistani posts and fortified bunkers were exposed during heavy firing and shelling from across the LoC, which was going on in Poonch sector for past about one month now, when troops observed movement of Pakistan Army personnel and militants coming out of some of the houses especially opposite Balakote and Mendhar sectors.
Intercepts and Intelligence reports later established that one of the houses, close to the LoC on Pakistan side, was, in fact, Pakistan’s notorious Aurangzeb post, which was continuously targeting forward Indian posts and civilian areas with heavy fire arms, rockets and mortar shells.
After few days of intense firing and shelling, Indian Army had succeeded in damaging Aurangzeb post and bring to a halt to some extent the mortar firing by the Pakistan troops in forward areas of Balakote.
The shelling from Aurangzeb post had led to injuries to three Army jawans.
Adjacent to Aurangzeb posts, there are many other structures that too appeared like civilian houses but these are, in fact, terror launch pads, where more than 40 militants owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen outfits are waiting to sneak into the Indian side taking cover of Indian Army’s firing.
“Few months back when these structures were constructed along the LoC no one had inkling that they were not civilian houses, but concrete bunkers raised to be used by Pakistan Army to target Indian posts and civilian areas and push the infiltrators into the Indian territory,” sources said, adding the troops have successfully thwarted the enemy plot.
Though two of the Pakistani bunkers being run in the garb of civil houses apart from Aurangzeb Post have been destroyed by the Indian troops during the last few days, some of similar posts and bunkers across Balakote and Mendhar continued to be headache for the Indian soldiers as they have been constructed between the civilian houses.
Sources said in case if any of these structures gets decimated in Indian Army’s strike, Pakistan will try to fool international community by projecting the same as India targeting civilians living along the border notwithstanding the fact that these so called civilian houses were full fledged and fortified bunkers and Army posts.
For the last several months, more than 250 militants after completing their arms training in various terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are waiting in these deceptive launch pads to sneak into this side to sabotage peace. However, the vigilant troops aided by surveillance gadgetry have kept them at bay, sources said.
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