SRINAGAR SEP 27: Militants are stationed at launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) waiting to infiltrate into the Kashmir Valley, but security forces are fully alert to thwart any such attempts, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer said on Saturday.
Inspector General (IG) BSF Kashmir Frontier, Ashok Yadav, told reporters in Srinagar that infiltration bids typically rise before the onset of winter, when snowfall makes cross-border movement difficult. “There are always attempts to infiltrate before snowfall… chances remain till November, but because of the alertness of the forces, it is very difficult to infiltrate,” he said.
Yadav confirmed the presence of militants at launch pads opposite the Bandipora and Kupwara sectors, noting they sometimes wait for adverse weather to move. He stressed that the Army and BSF were jointly dominating the LoC using advanced surveillance systems, making infiltration “very difficult.”
The IG said security forces had already foiled two infiltration attempts this year, crediting their vigilance and the deployment of new equipment for tightening LoC defences.
