Around 40 foreign terrorists in Poonch-Rajouri sectors: Intel, security grids tightened
Jammu sector, it is emerging that there are around 35-40 foreign terrorists active in the area and operating in small teams, with two-three in each one of them.
Sources in the security forces told that the assessment of the number of terrorists is based on the inputs received from the intelligence agencies along with forces operating on the ground.
The foreign terrorists, who are suspected to be former Special Services Group members from the Pakistan Army, have been trying to revive terrorism in the Rajouri, Poonch, and Kathua sectors of the Jammu region for around three years, the sources said.
The most recent attacks have been in Reasi and Kathua, where they attacked Hindu pilgrims and security forces.
The sources said that in the recent security review meetings, it was observed that there was a need to further strengthen the second-tier counter-terrorist grid in areas along the international border to plug infiltration attempts.
The sources further said that the counter-infiltration grid in the hinterland in the south of the Pir Panjal ranges can be brought to similar levels as the multi-tiered counter-infiltration and counter-terrorist grid in the areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir region of Jammu and Kashmir.
The intelligence agencies have also been working towards upgrading the human intelligence and technical intelligence gathering in the area, the sources said.
The Indian Army has also brought in additional troops in the last few months who have been operating in the area, along with
