This is an archive article published on March 29, 2024
Infiltration chances along LoC rise during events like polls, but security forces alert: BSF IG
The BSF IG said about 65 companies of the BSF are deployed in the hinterland in Kashmir along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police to make the security grid stronger.
"The BSF is deputed with the Army on the LoC. The election is an important time and we are ready to thwart any infiltration attempts from across," BSF Inspector General. (File photo) Chances of infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir increase as the snow melts and when there is an important event like elections, but security forces are alert and capable enough to foil any such bid, a senior BSF official said here on Friday.
“The BSF is deputed with the Army on the LoC. The election is an important time and we are ready to thwart any infiltration attempts from across. We are conducting area domination exercises,” BSF Inspector General (Kashmir Frontier) Ashok Yadav told reporters here.
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He said while chances of infiltration attempts along the LoC are always there, “they increase when there is an important event like an election”.
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