Army chief General Bikram Singh Friday dismissed the suggestion that a Kargil-like situation has developed in Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir where around 40 militants are fighting with army men and asserted that they would be flushed out soon. Gen Singh also made it clear that the militants have not occupied any Indian village along the Line of Control. "It is nothing like that. It was an infiltration attempt by 30 freedom fighter" he told reporters when asked whether a Kargil-like situation has developed in Keran sector. The Army chief said the militants attempted infiltration at four or five places and the security forces had information about it. "They have been stopped, prevented. Some of them have been neutralised. Operations are on to flush them out. It is a matter of time," he said. Asked whether the militants have occupied any Indian village along the LoC, Gen Singh said no such incident had happened there. "There was nothing like that. You heard the (15) Corps Commander. He clarified that. No village has been occupied," he said. The Army chief also denied that any army post or bunker has been occupied by the militants and their suspected Pakistan Army accomplices. "Nothing like that. It is an area where they are coming. We are dominating them from all sides and the militants are holed up. It is a broken ground. It is difficult treacherous terrain. They are stuck in that and we will take them on. It is a question of time," he said. The Army chief said such kind of operations take time to complete as the incident has happened along the border and Pakistan Army posts are located very nearby. "These operations take time as militants have to be flushed out and we do not want casualties from our side. Also the post of Pakistan is just across. They can fire on our post as well. So, we will have to exercise all precaution in carrying out such operations," he said on the sidelines of a function organised by National Disaster Management Authority. Gen Singh said infiltration attempts by militants increase during this period of the year as snowfall would start very soon#mir
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:40:16 +0000
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