No need for more troops or lessening their numbers at LoC: Army officer

“I do not think that there is a requirement to push in more forces or take out any forces (from the LoC). I have got enough forces to ensure it (stop infiltration),” the GoC said.

There is no requirement for additional troops or lessening their numbers at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Army is vigilant and will not allow any infiltration into the valley, a senior Army officer said in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar after the send-off ceremony for 85 students from the Kashmir Valley who will attend various courses in the Mewar University in Rajasthan under Operation Sadbhavana, General officer Commanding (GoC) of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt. Gen. D. P. Pandey said militants across the border will try to make last-ditch efforts to infiltrate into the Indian side before the onset of winter.

“This is a last-ditch opportunity for our inimical agents across (the LoC) to ensure that they can push terrorists and terrorist groups. We have been getting inputs. There have been two infiltration attempts in Uri and Rampur sectors, which were not only foiled, but they were neutralised and eliminated.”