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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on one of the media interactions has recently stated that the Indian Army are telling Pakistan Director General Military Operations (DGMO) repeatedly that infiltration is on the increase. However, Pakistan has denied involvement of their troops in abetting infiltration.
Reports indicate that the logistic infrastructure of the terrorist training camps inside Pakistan and in Pakistan occupied Kashmir still remains intact. Further, it was observed that there was a reduction in the number of infiltration attempts from across the border in the initial five months of 2005. However, there has been an increase in cross border infiltration during June and July 2005.
The details of infiltration attempts intercepted by the Army on the Line of Control (LoC) and assessed infiltration in the state of Jammu and Kashmir are as under :-
Year
Infiltration Attempts intercepted
Assessed infiltration
2002
85
1395
2003
98
1373
2004
68
349
2005
(January – July 2005)
37
91
(January – June 2005)
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a written reply to Shrimati Maya Singh in Rajya Sabha today.
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