Udhampur: Asserting that there is rise in number of militants related activities and training camps operating across the border post Surgical strike, Northern Command Army Commander Lt Gen Devraj Anbu today said that 475 militants are waiting to sneak into the Indian Territory from the Line of Control. ”There is rise in the number of militants at the launching pads and terrorist training camps on other side of the Line of Control post Surgical strike,” Lt Gen Anbu here told reporters after Investiture Ceremony of the Northern Command. The GOC-in-C said, ”AS many as 475 militants are ready to cross and sneak into the Indian side from the LoC.” ”As many as 250 militants are active on the other side of LoC opposite North Kashmir while a total 225 are active opposite Pir Panchal area in Jammu region,” said the Army Commander. Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu region fall in the Pir Panchal belt. He added that the security forces have an edge and upper hand on militants and added, ”In the last one year period, 144 militants have been eliminated by the security forces including the top commanders of many terrorist outfits.” The GOC-in-C said, ”Militant infrastructure across border is very much intact… Infact camps and launching pads have increased across the Line of Control but we (Army) have a mechanism in place. We have been successfully able to foil all infiltration attempts in the recent past.” Appreciating the ongoing NIA raids in the Kashmir Valley over funding, Lt Gen Anbu said, ”The raids have choked funds from Pakistan and also declined the incidents of stone-pelting in the Valley.”
