Alert issued for J&K, Delhi, Bihar in view of terror threat: Intelligence sources

Mukesh Ranjan

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 29

Amid the continued India-China border tension and recent unprovoked firing by Nepal police along the borders in Bihar, the intelligence agencies have sounded alert of possible terror attacks in Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Bihar. Following this, patrolling has been increased in the border areas.

According to sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the agencies sounded the alert a few days ago by sending a report to the Ministry and indicated that there were threats of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Delhi.

According to the report, Pakistan’s ISI is planning a big terror attack on Indian soil with the help of the Taliban and the Jaish terrorists. The report further says that their target can New Delhi, election-bound Bihar and prominent political figures, the sources said.

In its report, the agencies highlighted that according to a chatter intercept, it is believed that over 20 terrorists will make attempts to infiltrate the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir and a group of half a dozen terrorists are aiming to use porous Indian-Nepal border in Bihar to infiltrate, the sources said.

In wake of these intelligence inputs, the security forces have been asked to increase patrolling along the border areas both in Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar to foil such infiltration bids, the sources said, adding that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which guards the borders with Nepal has especially been sounded to keep extra vigil.

Meanwhile, a separate alert has already been issued following around 200 youths from Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistani visa went missing. The sources said the intelligence agencies suspected that Pakistan had been trying to train them to create trouble in India.

“Pakistan High Commission since January 2017, has given Pakistani visas to 399 youth from J&K, of which whereabouts of 218 are unknown,” an intelligence official said.