Army Chief: Substantial rise in infiltration; Terrorists using Pakistani mobile networks to communicate with their bosses across the LoC
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    • The Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Deepak Kapoor told reporters in New Delhi on April 28 that the infiltration of terrorists into J and K had risen substantially, with March recording the highest influx as compared to the corresponding month in the last seven years. He stated that the increase was indicative of an attempt to “disrupt the electoral process in the state.” He also pointed out that the militants were bringing in sophisticated amount of equipment1.

    Meanwhile, reports noted that the commanders of various terrorist outfits operating close to the Line of Control (LoC) and the Pir Panjal range were now relying more on Pakistani mobile telephones to communicate with their mentors in Pakistan and PoK instead of using high frequency wireless sets for the fear of interception. One such mobile telephone with SIM card of Pakistan mobile company, U- Fone, was recently seized by the police from an associate of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander, Abu Ali.

    Sources indicated that telecom companies operating from Pakistan, including U-Fone, PK-2 and Pak Airtel have been forced to raise powerful towers close to the LoC in PoK, especially in the areas bordering the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, by the Pakistan Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to facilitate easy communication between terrorist commanders on both sides of the LoC2.

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