Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the security apparatus along the International Border and the Line of Control with Pakistan on Friday amid incidents of terrorists infiltrating into the country.
The review meeting took place a day after four terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) infiltrated the International Border area in the Samba sector and were on the way to Srinagar before being killed in an encounter near Nagrota in the Jammu area.
Soon after the meeting, which was attended by top security dignitaries, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, PM Modi said: “Neutralising of 4 terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and the presence of large cache of weapons and explosives with them indicates that their efforts to wreak major havoc and destruction have once again been thwarted.”
Pm Modi added, “Our security forces have once again displayed utmost bravery and professionalism. Thanks to their alertness, they have defeated a nefarious plot to target grassroots level democratic exercises in Jammu and Kashmir.”
Sources privy to the high-level meeting told IANS that Pm Modi reviewed the security grid as investigations in the Nagrota encounter indicated that the terrorists were planning to do something big on the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The Intelligence Bureau Chief briefed the PM on inputs suggesting that the four Jaish terrorists were planning something big for forthcoming District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Source told IANS that this year 16 terrorists were killed and seven arrested in the Jammu zone. The source also said that security forces had also arrested 26 overground workers.
Pakistan is exploiting the International Border in Punjab and Jammu area in an attempt to push in the maximum number of terrorists before the onset of winter. The terrorists have started using these sectors along the IB to infiltrate due to the strong anti-infiltration grid established by the Indian security forces along the LoC.