Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 15

Security agencies have alerted the Centre about 35 terrorists wanting to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control on a specific mission to attack Army installations. Based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the terrorists have been seeking to strike at two locations in the state. Sources said while one group wanted to target Army forward units in Poonch, situated to the south of Pir Panjal mountain range, another was on a mission to attack an installation towards the north of the mountain range.The southern part of Pir Panjal falls in Jammu region where terrorists hardly enjoy any local support. Definitive information with the security agencies is that 26 terrorists have been particularly waiting to infiltrate into the north of Pir Panjal. The possible target could be Army installations in Kupwara, said sources.  The group that is looking to enter Poonch area could carry out blasts or plant IEDs in Bimbher Galli and Saujiyaan, both close to the LoC.