Army submits
proposals to JK Govt
AFSPA withdrawal
200-300 militants
waiting to infiltrate: Lt Gen Hooda
Arun Singh
Jammu, March 22: Core
Commander of Army’s 16 Corps Lt General D S Hooda Friday said army had already
submitted its recommendations on demand of withdrawal of AFSPA from J&K to
the State government. “We have submitted
our report on the recommendations of repealing of AFSPA from the state to Jammu and Kashmir
government in this regard and the State government will look into the
recommendations before reaching to any conclusion,” Lt Gen Hooda said on the
sideline of the inauguration of a railway ticket booking counter at Kishtwar. Ruling
National Conference (NC) is constantly demanding revocation of AFSPA from the
State in the ongoing Budget session of the Assembly while Bhartiya Janta Party
(BJP) and Jammu and Kashmir
National Panther Party (JKNPP) are opposing it. Meanwhile, Lt Gen Hooda said
around 200 to 300 militants were waiting across the Line of Control to
infiltrate into Kashmir.
He
said the Army was fully prepared to counter their attempts of infiltrating into
Kashmir. “We have several intelligence inputs
that nearly 200 to 300 militants are waiting to cross the LoC,” Lt Gen Hooda
said. He said subsequently army personnel deployed along the LoC had been
sounded alert and a strong vigil was being kept to thwart the attempts of the
militants. “However this is an annual phenomenon of militants to enter on this
side in the beginning of summer,” Lt Gen Hooda said. “Army is well-versed in
handling militant threats across the State particularly in the Valley. All our
operations against the militants are largely dependent on the inputs received
from the intelligence and Army is very well efficient to crush their nefarious
design against India
and we have deployed additional troops in sensitive areas.”
Earlier,
Lt Gen Hooda in presence of Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Muhammad Saleem
Chowdhary, Commander 9 Sector RR Kishtwar Brigadier Hatish Kholi, Commercial
Manager Northern Railway Muhammad Yaqoob Ganie and other senior officials of
the Army inaugurated the railway ticketing counter at Kishtwar helipad.
No comments:
Post a Comment