JAMMU, JULY 29: Frustrated with bitter defeat in Kargil, Pakistani troops, assisted by terrorists, raided 16 Indian defence positions along the Line of Control and the International Border in Rajouri, Poonch, Jammu and Kathua sectors of Jammu region after Operation Vijay, a senior army official said here today.``Pakistani army attacked Indian posts along the LoC and the International Border 16 times after Operation Vijay, but lost their 100 odd soldiers when Indian troops repulsed these misadventures'', Brigadier General Staff, Nagrota Corps, Brigadier Randir Sinh, told PTI.Of these attacks, six were full-fledged and planned raids on the Indian territory, eight were patrol clashes and rest were firefights inside Indian territory after the Operation Vijay, he said.Over 100 regulars killed in these attacks, 30 to 40 militants have also been gunned down by Indian troops guarding LoC, he added.The motive behind activating offence along Indo-Pak border in Jammu region was to accelerate militancy, boosting morale of militants and forcing infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir, the official said.Most of the dead bodies of Pakistani soldiers were taken away by the retreating troops. Their Indian counterparts managed to gain control over 14 Pakistani regulars' bodies as well as over 40 odd bodies of militants, the officer said.``All these bodies were handed over to Pakistani army via Chakla and Octeria border out-posts (BOPS) during the past six months period'', he said.It was on August 5, 1999 after Operation Vijay, that Pakistani troops raided Pittal Pindi post in R S Pura sub-sector in Jammu sector in which six Pakistani soldiers were killed besides an Indian jawan and injured 13.The latest attack by Pakistani troops was on July 23 this year, when three Pakistani soldiers were killed in Sunderbani sub-sector of Rajouri.``We will never let them succeed in their designs'', he said adding security set up has been upgraded to meet challenges.
