New Delhi / Srinagar: Blaming Pakistan for provoking one of
India's longest anti-infiltration operations in recent times, Army Chief
General Bikram Singh today said no infiltration attempt along the Line
of Control in Jammu and Kashmir is possible without the support and
knowledge of the Pakistani army.
"We have had evidence of
Pakistan army's involvement for a long time," General Singh said,
adding, "My assessment is that the infiltration will continue. They want
to push as many terrorists as possible before winter."
The
two-week long army operation at Keran, 100 kms from Srinagar, to
prevent a group of 40 terrorists from entering India ended today with
the death of seven terrorists and injuring six army jawans.
Bodies of dead terrorists may also have been dragged back or buried in crevices or the thick jungle, army sources said.
The
Indian army conducted seven massive search operations of a three-km
area in their mission to hunt down the terrorists in the Keran sector
along the Line of Control.
"On the LoC, we are eyeball to eyeball
with Pakistan Army. How can such a large group infiltrate without the
complicity of the Pak Army?" General Officer Commanding (Northern
Command) Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra said in Srinagar while announcing the end
of the operation.
Yesterday, NDTV spoke exclusively to one of
the soldiers who was engaged in the massive encounter. He said he saw 35
to 40 infiltrators as he took a bullet in the abdomen.
Jammu: The Pakistani army violated the ceasefire yet again today, targeting several Indian Army posts in Jammu and Kashmir.