INFILTRATION
AFTER KARGIL WAR
As per the available
records in Army headquarters, ten officers fifteen Junior Commissioned
Officers and 202 Other Ranks were killed due to enemy action on
Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border in Jammu &
Kashmir after Kargil conflict.
After the Kargil
war, 497 attempts at infiltration and exfiltration have been foiled
on the LoC and International Border in Jammu & Kashmir by
the Army and Rashtriya Rifles.
Adequate
military measures are taken to check terrorist initiated violence
Jammu & Kashmir. These include a multi-pronged proactive approach
to effectively counter infiltration and conduct synergised counter
proxy war operations in the hinterland. Alongwith extensive domination
patrols to sanitise the area, operations are also being launched
to specifically target foreign terrorists.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri N N Krishnadas in Lok Sabha today.
