500 Terrorists Waiting At Border, Security Agencies Ready To Retaliate: Indian Army

Indian Army is in a heightened state of alert after intelligence warnings of infiltration by terrorists into Kashmir and the terror launch pads across the LoC being reactivated by Pakistan.

India is pulling out all stops to foil a possible terror attack after multiple intelligence agencies warned the government that at least 60 terrorists have infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the last few weeks alone and another 500 are waiting to infiltrate, officials said.

The Indian Army is in a heightened state of alert. “Security forces, in particular, the Indian military, are ready and will retaliate which may not be restricted only to the border,” an Indian Army official who did not want to be named, said explaining the statement of the Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat.

Earlier in the day, General Rawat had said that India’s response to any terror attack may not be similar to previous responses; the airstrikes on Balakot terror camp in 2019 and a surgical ground strike in 2016.

“All critical installations including various military bases have been cautioned,” said another senior official in the security establishment. “Five hundred terrorists waiting to infiltrate is unusual and alarming,” he added.

voters