250-300 Terrorists Waiting To Infiltrate Into J&K, Security Forces On Alert: BSF

BSF Kashmir's IG Ashok Yadav stated that valiant BSF and Army jawans were on high alert in border regions and would thwart any infiltration efforts.

A top BSF official stated on Saturday that 250 to 300 terrorists are poised at launchpads across the border "waiting to infiltrate" Jammu and Kashmir, news agency PTI reported. However, the official warned that security personnel were on high alert and would foil any efforts at cross-border infiltration. Speaking with reporters in Pulwama district of south Kashmir Inspector General, BSF, Ashok Yadav stated: "There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are waiting at launchpads, but we and the Army have dominated all the vulnerable patches and are alert."

"BSF works with all determination to safeguard the international borders & LoC. As winters set in infiltration becomes a little difficult. With the Army, we working with promptness. We have dominated the area well. Our special surveillance equipment is helping us. We assure that any kind of infiltration will not be successful. We have intelligence input about the infiltration attempt, they will be trying to enter but BSF & Indian Army are dominating the area well," he stated. 

He stated that valiant BSF and Army jawans were on high alert in border regions and would thwart any infiltration efforts.

“We are confident of foiling any infiltration bid,” Yadav added.

He stated that the relationship between the security forces and the people of Kashmir has become stronger in recent years. “If people cooperate with us, we can take developmental activities forward in a better way,” he said. 

In another event, the Centre notified Parliament on December 6 that the number of terror occurrences in J&K has decreased over the previous six years, with 2023 having the fewest such incidences as of November 15.

Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai stated in a written response to Rajya Sabha MP GVL Narasimha Rao's series of questions that the government has "zero tolerance against terrorism" and that its policy is to "dismantle the terror eco-system."

According to Rai, just 41 "terrorist-initiated" events were documented in J&K till November 15 this year, compared to 125 in 2022, 129 in 2021, 126 in 2020, 153 in 2019 and 228 in 2018.