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Infiltration reducing, drugs being pushed from across border: PRO MOD
[GreaterKashmir.jpg "Kashmir") ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... ] Says Army facilitating border tourism Stating that drugs were being pushed into Kashmir from across the border, a Ministry of Defence officer Monday said that infiltration had reduced and troops were alert round the clock to foil the bids along the Line of Control. This was stated by the Public Relation Officer (PRO), Ministry of Defence, Lt Col M K Sahu in an interaction with a group of select senior journalists covering defence and internal security in Kashmir. "I visited some areas around the Line of Control (LoC) and the feedback received is that infiltration has reduced," Lt Col Sahu said. He said that attempts to push turbans from across the border continue, however alert troops were there to foil any attempt. "This year so far some attempts have been foiled while working in synergy with other security forces. Any attempt will be foiled without fail," he said. On July 25, the Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha ...After the Libyan Civil War, Sabha grew in importance as a slave auctioning town. However, an investigation by the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) revealed that while there was illegal slavery, reports were exaggerated, as slave auctions were rare and not made public. This was a great comfort to everyone but the slaves peddled in secret. The city was later seized by forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) and its leader Khalifa Haftar in January 2019, probably for its collection of MiG-25 aircraft.... that no terrorist could infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir till June 30 this year while 14 turbans entered J&K in 2022. Rai said that the approach adopted by the Centre to tackle cross-border infiltration had ensured a perceptible decline in infiltration. "There has been zero ’net infiltration’ into J&K till June 30, 2023, 14 in 2022, 34 in 2021, 51 in 2020, and 141 in 2019," he said replying to a written question. The Minister said that the Centre had adopted a well-coordinated and multi-pronged strategy to tackle cross-border infiltration, which includes tactical deployment of forces at the International Border (IB) and the LoC, use of technology such as surveillance cameras, night vision cameras, heat sensing gadgets, multi-tiered deployment along IB and LoC, and border fencing. "Deployment of intelligence personnel to collect advance and target-oriented inputs on infiltration, ambushes and foot-patrolling by the Army and the Border Security Force (BSF), establishment of Border Police Posts for generating local intelligence and taking proactive action against infiltrators are among others measures taken," he had said. The PRO Defence said that drugs were being pushed from across the border to fuel terrorism. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-08-22 |
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