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Pakistan poised to send 800 guerrillas to India: BSF
India on Tuesday stepped up security on its border, a top Indian paramilitary official said, alleging that Pakistan may be looking for an 'opportunity' to push nearly 800 militants onto its soil."We have received information that nearly 800 militants are waiting to cross over to India at the borders," Border Security Force (BSF) chief AK Mitra said in Indore, a strategic city in the Rajasthan state bordering Pakistan. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is waiting for an 'opportunity' to launch the cross-border intrusion, Mitra claimed, adding that India's borders were being fortified to prevent any infiltration. The 120,000-member BSF is India's first line of defence along its frontier with Pakistan. "The wired fencing at border areas is being further strengthened" and other steps are being taken that have "effectively checked" the threat of infiltration, Mitra said. Intensified patrols: Other paramilitary officials in Jodhpur, a city also located in Rajasthan, said on Tuesday that the security force had intensified patrols along the state's borders with Pakistan and elsewhere in northern India. The charge that Pakistan plans a major guerrilla infiltration came after deadly serial blasts against Indian targets and clashes along the Line of Control last month badly strained the peace process. India says it has the "clearest evidence" of the ISI's involvement in an attack on its embassy in Kabul last month that killed 60 people -- a charge denied by Pakistan.. New Delhi has also repeatedly accused Pakistan of training and funding militants and pushing them into the revolt-hit Muslim-majority region of Indian-held Kashmir as well as other parts of India -- allegations that Islamabad rejects. Posted by: Fred 2008-08-06 |
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