Multi-Tier Security Along 20 Infiltration Routes In Jammu & Kashmir

Security agencies have identified over 20 entry routes along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir and have put in place multi-tier security to thwart any attempt by Pakistan to infiltrate armed terrorists. According to intelligence inputs, over 60 armed terrorists have infiltrated along Line of Control in Kashmir valley and over 20 terrorists from LoC areas falling in south of Pir Panchal areas in the last two months. Over 20 infiltration routes have been identified and security grid has been strengthened to prevent entry of armed terrorists, officials said. Two to three tier security has been put in place including anti-infiltration obstacle system of border fencing, they said. Apart from first tiers of security of army and BSF, village defence committees (VDCs) along LoC and IB, police have been activated and checkpoints have come up and patrolling done in the hinterland around the border, they said. All police stations and police posts have also been alerted to keep a tab on suspected movement in the border areas apart from activation of VDCs in border belts, they said. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, in a meeting with Army and BSF officers on Thursday, had instructed the forces to put the anti-infiltration grid along the Pakistani border on high alert.