Over 300 terrorists in launch pads across LoC, 240 active in hinterland: DGP

Over 300 terrorists are present in launch ps across LoC in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Pok), waiting to infiltrate into Indian side, Jammu and Kashmir's director general of police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday.

He said that re was a high degree of vigilance by security grid to foil Pakistan's design of pushing terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir.

"We have a fairly big number of terrorists who are waiting across that side to be pushed into Jammu and Kashmir. re are alrey around four incidents of infiltration in Kashmir valley and two to three such attempts have been me in Rajouri-Poonch area," he told PTI in an interview at police hequarters.

Expressing concern over it, DGP said that Pakistan's ISI, Army and or ncies are very active and trained terrorists are rey in launch ps.

" approximate number (of terrorists in launching ps along LoC in PoK) on Kashmir side is 150 to to 200 and on this side (Jammu region), it is between 100 to 125 as per latest assessment of our ncies", he said.

police chief said that four groups of terrorists have been able to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir

"Regarding International Border (IB), two to three terrorist groups have been able to infiltrate so far during current year. That kind of torious act by Pakistan continues," he said.

DGP said that re are reports of infiltration by 30 terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir this year.

"On both sides (Jammu and Kashmir regions) put toger, number could be anywhere around 30 this year," Singh said, ding number of infiltration attempts has gone up.

"That is one serious cause of concern for us," he ded. Singh said that over 240 terrorists are operating in hinterland in Jammu and Kashmir.

" number is going down, consistently. We started with a figure of 270 at beginning of this year. number today is around 240, which is as per list of latest figures," he ded.

He said that security grid is also taking care of situation in hinterland and "we have h a large number of successful operations during last four months".

"We have been able to eliminate 70 plus terrorists so far which includes 21 terror commanders of various outfits. y were active in Kashmir and Jammu region", he ded.

On infiltration attempts, he said, " summer grid is working actively on both sides. I think we will be watching developments very closely." He said that border grid is quite strong.

"People deployed on borders are able to take care of infiltration. But re are still chances that some of m are able to sneak in with a view to foment trouble here to promote and create terror activities in J & K,@ he ded.