Terrorist camps, launch pads in PoK full, Army’s response to CFV swift and hard: Lt Gen Raju

All the terrorist camps and round 15 launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) “are full”, in keeping with prime military commander Lt Gen B S Raju, who anticipates a rise in infiltration makes an attempt from throughout the border this summer time to replenish the diminishing terrorist cadres in Jammu and Kashmir.

In an interview to PTI, Lieutenant General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju asserted that the again of terrorism has been “virtually broken” and that Pakistan is unable to “digest” that Kashmiris are experiencing peace and an improved regulation and order state of affairs.

Lt Gen Raju took over the reins of strategically positioned XV Corps in Srinagar on March 1.

“The back of terrorism is virtually broken. Because of the successes in eliminating terrorists operating in the hinterland, we expect cross-border infiltration to increase in the summer season to make up for the dead terrorists. I anticipate more and more attempts to replenish the depleting cadres, as the window for infiltration is also restricted to the summer season only,” Lt Gen Raju stated in an e-mail interview.

“All the terrorist camps and around 15 launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are full. These terrorist cadres are desperate to infiltrate with the help of Pakistani Army.”

Stating that Pakistan has persistently been aiding and abetting infiltration for greater than 30 years now, the final stated there have been a number of ceasefire violations (CFVs) by Pakistani military to assist the infiltrating terrorist teams, however added such designs have been pissed off as “our befitting response to ceasefire violations has been swift, hard and punitive”.

He additionally spoke concerning the Army’s counter-infiltration grid being fortified which, together with, “our effective response to ceasefire violations has left Pakistan helpless in furthering their agenda.”

An NDA alumni from the 1984-batch, Lt Gen Raju, who earlier served because the Brigade commander alongside the Line of Control (LoC), and later led the “Victor Force”, a counter-insurgency group of the Army that appears after the militancy-hit south Kashmir area, additionally despatched a transparent message that these having any evil design “against our country” ought to shun such ambitions.

“Anyone picking up weapon or harbouring ill intentions against the sovereignty of the nation will be dealt with more punitively,” he stated, including that the military with numerous stakeholders are absolutely ready for any contingency and can proceed to relentlessly pursue these folks.

To a query how the military is coping up with elevated infiltration bids when the whole world is grappling with Covid-19, Lt Gen Raju stated Pakistan is unable to “digest” that Kashmiris are experiencing peace and an improved regulation and order state of affairs.

“Even in times when the world is together in combating the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan still indulges in furthering its inimical designs along the Line of Control. Our soldiers along the borders are well equipped and fully geared to take on any eventuality which arises.”

The normal stated the military is preventing the coronavirus pandemic with utmost professionalism inside India and in neighbouring areas, and likewise concurrently defeating evil designs alongside the LoC and within the hinterland.

On the latest killing of prime militant management together with Reyaz Naikoo and Junaid Ashraf Sherai, the self-styled commanders of banned Hizbul Mujahideen terror group, he stated that for the previous one yr, the terrorist management of all terror tanzeems (terror teams) have been successfully focused and eradicated.

“There is now a definite leadership void and Pakistan’s persistence in pushing terrorists to carry out their agenda is losing hold on ground. After the loss of leadership…there is already a rift between various terror groups who are either vying for survival or gaining some prominence,” he stated.