Rattled after surgical strikes by India, Pakistan army has mobilised about 100 terrorists across the LoC to push them into Indian territory to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, according to an intelligence report presented to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
At least 12 new terror launch pads have sprung up within the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the old ones were destroyed in Indian Army’s operation.
The information was provided by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in the meet of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Doval shared the report prepared by agencies on the September 28 operations across the Line of Control. Doval had earlier shared the same report containing details of the attack with the PM and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, official sources said.
Crucially, the report provides information related to the movement and deployment of Pakistani troops and militants along the border areas.
The Pakistan army is believed to be planning attacks by terrorists on Indian defence personnel and security establishments besides select civilian targets in the wake of September 29 surgical strikes.
Quoting intelligence agencies, the NSA is said to have told the members of the CCS--Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj besides the Prime Minister--that about a dozen terror launch pads were activated by the Pakistan Army to push the terrorists to Jammu and Kashmir to take avenge the surgical strikes.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is also a member of the CCS, is away abroad.
Indian army had carried out surgical strikes on Septmebr 29 by crossing over in Kupwara sector in the Kashmir valley and Poonch in Jammu region and smashed launch pads meant for terrorists.
It was believed that nearly a dozen of terrorists were killed in Kel, Lipa and Bhimber Gali and they were given a quiet burial, according to reports.
Meanwhile, an Indian TV channel today telecast a purported conversation in which one of its journalists posed as a senior Pakistani police official to the SP of Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir in which the surgical strikes were discussed and deaths of 12 Pakistanis were mentioned.
The SP was purportedly admitting that nearly five soldiers and Lashker-e-Taiba terrorists were killed in Bhimber and Lipa. Overall, he admitted to 12 deaths.
Three divisions of the army were involved in the surgical strikes and before the operation, the army teams ensured that they cut off the possibility of any reinforcements from Pakistani army, sources said.
Doval is said to have conveyed to the CCS that there is a possibility of more terrorists trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir before the onset of the winter.
He informed that at least 40-50 jawans of Pakistan Army’s infantry division are guarding each of these installations.
Situation has been tense at India-Pakistan border since the September 18 attack at an Army camp in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir which left 19 soldiers dead. India blamed Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group for the attack.
The relations between the two neighbouring nations further deteriorated after the Indian Army on September 28 night carried out surgical strikes to destroy terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Meanwhile, India has also shored up its defences and regular sorties of Sukhoi is taking place at Srinagar airport, which is generally a MIG base, sources said.
(With PTI inputs)
