On Thursday, a senior security official said that around 140 terrorists are waiting at launch pads to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir but the robust counter-infiltration grid has so far desisted them from making any such attempts.
The terror infrastructure across the Line of Control (LoC) remains in place even though India and Pakistan agreed in February to a ceasefire. "They tried in the past but had to return after alert jawans foiled all their nefarious designs," the official said.
Contending that the ceasefire agreement was more important for Pakistan as it is desperately trying to come out of the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the sincerity of Islamabad could have been gauged if they had dismantled the terror infrastructure.
The official said Pakistan is using the ceasefire window to strengthen its infrastructure along the LoC that was damaged in cross-border shelling last year in response to their troops' firing at civilian areas on the Indian side of the LoC.
Commenting on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir since the Centre abrogated its special status of Article 370 two years ago, the official said foreign terrorists have suddenly disappeared from the scene and got themselves locked in either some hideouts in densely populated areas or mountainous heights having natural caves.
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