Around 300-400 Pak terrorists trying to infiltrate across LoC: Indian Army Chief

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Around 300 to 400 Pakistan-based terrorists are waiting in launchpads across the Line of Control to infiltrate into the Indian side, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday, adding that forces at forward locations are keeping an eye on their activities.

The Army Chief also said that the forces deployed at Line of Control are giving a befitting reply to Pakistan’s Ceasefire violations. “There has been a around 44 per cent increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan at the LoC,” said General Naravane, speaking during the Army Day celebrations on January 15 in Delhi.

Till December 28 this year, Pakistan carried out 4,700 incidents of ceasefire violations at Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Ceasefire violations have jumped to 4,700, the highest in the last 17 years. In 2019, there were 3,168 ceasefire violations. Interestingly, out of the 3,168 ceasefire violations, 1,551 have taken place since August. The security establishment noticed that it was after the government abrogated Article 370 in August last year that there was a steady rise in ceasefire violations.