Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visits Jammu
Indian Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday reached here to review the security situation at a meeting in Jammu and Kashmir amidst growing terror activities in parts of the otherwise peaceful Jammu region. Given the Pakistan-sponsored infiltration of highly trained terrorists in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements.
The Indian Army has deployed around 500 Para Special Forces commandos in the area to hunt down the 50-55 terrorists from Pakistan who have entered the region to revive terrorism there. The terror attacks increased recently as Jammu and Kashmir is expected to go for an Assembly election in October. The intelligence agencies have also bolstered their apparatus in the area and are working to take out the terrorist support infrastructure there including over-ground workers who support terrorists.
The Army has already brought in troops to the area including one brigade strength of around 3,500-4000 personnel to counter Pakistan’s proxy aggression here, said officials. The Army brass on the ground has been working towards strategies to search and destroy the terrorists, who are equipped with the latest weaponry and communication equipment, they added.
The Army already has an existing counter-terrorist infrastructure in the area with the presence of two forces of the Rashtriya Rifles including the Romeo and Delta forces along with other regular infantry divisions in the area, they said. Nine army personnel, including a captain, were killed in two separate terror attacks in remote forest belts of Machedi in Kathua and Desa forest in Doda on July 8 and July 15.
The Army chief will chair a high-level security review meeting at police headquarters here which will be attended by top officers of police, Army, paramilitary, and intelligence, officials said.
They said senior officers of defence and Home Ministry are also likely to attend the meeting.
On July 16, the Army said all formations of Udhampur-based northern command are committed to eliminating the scourge of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Army said it has been conducting a series of joint and coordinated operations with J&K Police to eliminate foreign terrorists who have infiltrated from across the border and are moving in the upper reaches of Udhampur, Doda, and Kishtwar districts in the Jammu region and thereafter to Kashmir.
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Why commandoes ? They are core force. Better send infantry to cross the border & destroy Porkistan.
Stupid govt which is afraid to kill a mosquito talks big !!