Northern Army commander Lieutenant-General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday claimed that around three dozen terrorist training camps still remain active across the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir. He also maintained the number of terrorists staged across the Indo-Pak border are approximately 200 adding they are waiting across (LoC) to be launched to this side. He blamed Pakistan army for sustaining the terror infrastructure and said that “the complicity of Pakistan army
and its agencies cannot be denied”.
Lt-Gen Upendra Dwivedi said, "There are six major terrorist camps and 29 minor camps which remain active across the LoC. There are few 'temporary' launching pads that are also located close to the military establishments". He, however, maintained that infiltration is drastically
down.
Sharing recent assessment about the prevailign security situation across Jammu and Kashmir, the Army commander said, "that there are 40 to 50 local terrorists currently operating in the hinterland besides foreign terrorists, whose number cannot be determined".
“We have neutralized 21 foreign terrorists till now. It shows that support for sheltering terrorists is dwindling with each passing day,” he said.
Lt-Gen Dwivedi also claimed the local terrorists who were neutralized were very poorly trained and armed with just pistols. Referring to the ongoing ceasefire agreement of February 2021, Lt-Gen Dwivedi said it has been working ‘well’ since February 2021.
He said that the counter infiltration grid is very fool-proof.We have made sure that all reserve troops were put in the second tier of defence so that no infiltration takes place,” he said.
“In the last twelve months, to say so, the number of ceasefire violations has been very limited — only one to three CFVs took place,” he said.
Expressing concern over radicalisation, he said that teenagers are being recruited increasingly and it is a matter of concern for all.
“They are being educated to get rid of radicalisation being infused in them by Pakistan. After the abrogation of article 370, there is a change,” he
said.