J&K Government deploys additional troops in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, including LoC

The police have strengthened its positions close to the LoC as a part of a series of measures taken by Army and Police. The Police officials have been asked to connect villagers living close to the LoC with WhatsApp Groups for timely information about any kind of suspicious movement so that reinforcement could be dispatched at the earliest and the militants eliminated or apprehended. 

However, the Army has strengthened its positions on both LoC as well as hinterland by rushing in more troops to ensure that the militants don’t manage to infiltrate from Pakistan and, if they succeed in crossing over, they are either killed or arrested well before they could strike at their



targets. 

However, all the Dhoks used by the tribes during the summer season which they will start vacating by the end of this month with onset of winter, will be kept under surveillance as there have been reports that such Dhoks could be used by the militants for shelter. 

Drones are likely to be used for constant watch on the Dhoks in mountainous areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts. There have been reports that nearly a dozen militants are active in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in addition to their seven associates who were killed in Surankote, Darhal, Dhakkikot and Chassana areas of both the districts. 

However, Pakistan continued to make attempts to push trained militants into the Indian territory to revive militancy in Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi districts of the region and use this route for sending militants to South Kashmir. Majority of infiltration attempts have been foiled by the troops in which nearly 22 militants were killed this year.