Terrorists using old traditional infiltration routes in J&K; foreign terrorists more than locals after decades

After Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutiveterm, The Pakistan establishmentseems to have changed the policy yet again. There has been a rise in terror activities as well as infiltrationbids on the Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.

Security forces have found that terror outfits are now choosing the age-old traditional infiltration routes to enter the Union Territory.

Indian Army, Border Security Forces and Jammu Kashmir Police have a new challenge at hand. At a time when the snow has started melting on the higher reaches of the Line of Control and International Border, the number of Infiltration bids has increased as well.

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But what has changed this time is that terror groups are using the old traditional infiltration routes. The Pir Panjal hills in south Kashmir and Shamsawari hills in north Kashmir, close to the Line of Control have once again beenusedby the terrorists to infiltrate as they are covered with dense forests and have dozens of natural caves.

"This is an obvious reality, there is no doubt that there (in Pakistan)there are camps, there are factories of terrorism, there are such organisations operating there and their business is running on bloodshed here if they are not able to do so then their money stops. It is a challenge and we have seen it before and the answer to your question is whether they have started new routes which were closed earlier and have been opened again, the answer is "yes", are they trying to activate it, the answer is "yes", the reason is we all know." said R R Swain, DGP, Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Jammu and Kashmir Police'sDGP RR Swain recently said that 70-80foreignterroristsare active in Jammu and Kashmir and the focus ofterrorism has shifted from local toforeign terrorists.

The increasing number offoreignterrorists is a challenge for the security forces as they are trained in Pakistanterror camps before being sent to Jammu and Kashmir.

In recent times, forceshave also noticed that these terrorists are carrying out attacks in the Jammu region but most of theseforeignterrorists are said to be hiding in the same belt.

''It is a fact now that the Kashmiri youth are not joining theterror ranks. The figure hascome down to its lowest in decades. According to the data, the last lowest figure of our youth's involvement in terrorism was in 2013, but this time it is even less than that."said R R Swain.

Meanwhile, security forces continue to increase the deployment of troops for a strong counter-infiltration grid.