By KUNA
New Delhi : Security in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have been beefed up with the possibility of an increase in infiltration by insurgents based in Pakistan, following unrest there.
The Unified Headquarter (UHQ), the top body of Indian security agencies Jammu and Kashmir, is drawing up a “roadmap” to combat any increase in terrorist violence following former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and growing influence of extremist groups in Pakistan, which could lead to an increase in infiltration of insurgents into India.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, chief of the Indian Army’s Northern Command Lt Gen H S Panag and Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Kuldeep Khoda attended a meeting of UHQ last Monday night to review the situation, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported Wednesday from Jammu, quoting a senior police official.
Jammu is the winter capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir According to Chief Minister Azad: “The situation in the neighbouring country calls for special attention with regard to intelligence generation and Line of Control (LoC) management to thwart likely infiltration attempts.” LoC divides Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The level of violence in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir had come down significantly. Compared to 1,667 violent incidents during 2006, there were 1,092 incidents of violence in 2007, according to UHQ.