[ECONOMICTIMES.INDIATIMES] NEW DELHI: Lashkar-ÂeÂ-Taiba terrorist Bahadur Ali's interrogation has revealed how PakistanÂ-based terrorists, after in filtrating into India through the line of control, manage to dodge security forces for days, sometimes months without any problem.Based on Ali's interrogation, Indian agencies ÂNIA and intelligence bureauÂhave identified several `infiltration routes' used by LeT, JaishÂe-e-ÂMohammad, and Hizbul ÂMujahideen cadres in north Kashmir. Besides, Ali's interrogation has thrown light on the modus operandi used by terrorists.
21Â-year-Âold Ali, who was directed by Hafiz Saeed's son-Âin-law Khalid Waleed to attack crowds in Kashmir with grenades, started for India on June 11Â12 this year along with two others, Saad and Darda, after receiving full-Âfledged military training in LeT camps, identified as K2 in Manshera, Aksa (Muzaffarabad) and Tabbok in Muzaffarabad.
The interrogation report of Ali, accessed by TOI, states that they left LeT detachment in Mandaukli village near Muzaffarabad on June 8, accompanied by Amir (head) of the camp, Abu Haider. Haider made Saad head of the group of three who were to `wage jihad' on India.
"Each of us were given a backpack consisting of 20 rotis, dates, almonds, compass, night vision device, GPS, map, matrix sheets (with coded targets), unicode sheets, wireless sets, two sets of salwar kameez, medicines, AKÂ47 with 5 magazines having 30 rounds of live ammunition each and extra ammunition. Haider gave Rs 30,000 each to Saad and Darda and Rs 23,000 to me for meeting our expenses," Ali claimed.
They cut the barbed wire near the border at Handwara and entered the Indian territory. "We typically travelled from the wee hours till 9-Â10 am in the morning, rested during the day and resumed our journey between 5-Â6 pm and travelled till midnight. We reached a village  Vadar around June 20Â21," Ali said.
On June 22, Ali got separated from Saad and Darda when they went to the village to collect food. Ali remained in the jungle for almost one month and was continuously being assisted by suspected overground workers of LeT and other outfits. "I spent three days near GR point 8 given by control room in Muzaffarabad.I got food from one Bakarwal (tribe on mountains) and then shifted to jungle near village Mokam.
There one person provided me food," he said.
On directions from the PoK Âbased LeT control room, Ali met four other trained terrorists at a nearby location communicated to him. A shepherd from Zairat village in the valley continued giving Ali food and also informed him that the two other terrorists had come and left for the jungle before him. After a few days, another local met Ali and made him talk to Khalid Waleed using his mobile phone. Ali was arrested on July 25.
The government on Thursday informed Parliament that 611 incidents of infiltration have taken place during the first six months of 2016.