Pakistani Army Using Dormant Routes To Infiltrate Nearly 60 Terrorists To J And K

There was, however, no official word from the army on the crossing of militants from across the border. Dormant routes have been used by the Pakistani army to infiltrate nearly 60 terrorists since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, officials said on Tuesday. This assessment comes amid intelligence inputs that there has been a surge in infiltration from across the border through higher reaches north Kashmir and Poonch and Rajouri of Jammu region, they said. There was, however, no official word from the army on the crossing of militants from across the border.

During a recent meeting to ascertain the number of successful and unsuccessful infiltration bids along the Line of Control, the army representative was presented with a host of evidence collected by various agencies about infiltration by terrorists from higher reaches of Gurez, Machil and Gulmarg sectors of Kashmir region and Poonch and Rajouri areas in Jammu region. Director-General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh had earlier said that several infiltration bids have taken place at the Line of Control and a majority of them have been foiled. He had not ruled out the possibility that some may have crossed over and said the matter was being looked into. The higher reaches of Gulmarg, a portion of which is under the command of Srinagar-based XV corps and another under Nagrota (Jammu)-based XVI corps, was used in the early 1990s for infiltration into central