Jammu, September 26
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said the three terrorists, who carried out attacks in the Jammu region, had come from across the border through the Hiranagar sector. "As per preliminary information, the terrorists came from across the border," the minister said in New Delhi.

According to Intelligence sources, the terrorists probably infiltrated into India from Chhap Nullah near Salalpur village in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district early this morning and launched the audacious attacks, first on a police station and then on an Army camp. They could have taken advantage of the fence having been swept away in the recent flashfloods due to torrential rains, sources said.

The Tribune, in a story on September 20, had reported that specialised training was being imparted to 50 hardcore terrorists in a walled compound at Kacharban in Bagh district of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) opposite Saujiyan sub-sector in Poonch district.

Indian intelligence agencies said the training camp, located in the middle of a forest in Kacharban, had been declared out of bounds for PoK civilians, including shepherds who frequented the area for green pastures. Though opposite the Poonch sector, Pakistan conducts advanced training for militants at Bagh, Halanshumali, Padhar, Rawalakote, Kotli, Halan, Kaliar, Gulpur, Aliabad and Forwad Kahuta. The highly-fortified camp in Kacharban has become “very active” since August 18, intelligence sources said.

Jammu Zone IGP Rajesh Kumar also said that the possibility of terrorists having entered from across the border could not be ruled out.On September 3, Lieutenant General Philip Campose, GOC-in-C of the Western Command, had visited the Tiger Division in the backdrop of frequent skirmishes between the armies of Pakistan and Indian along the Line of Control (LoC).