Uneasy calm along Jammu and Kashmir border

Reports from Jammu said that following heavy firing from across the border, 11 villages situated along the IB were evacuated and villagers are reluctant to return till there is a flag meeting and both sides decided to implement the ceasefire.

 

However, there has been no call for a flag meet from either side. Instead, top security sources said, 25-30 men in six or seven vehicles visited the Paki-stan post, manned by the Pakistan Rangers, across Samba sector around 8.30 pm on Saturday night. 

 

These men went inside the post and stayed there for around half-an-hour. As they left, the BSF personnel stationed 500 me-tres away heard slogan in support of Saeed. 

“Due to the darkness and the thick cover of trees, we could not see who these men were. But we suspect that Saeed or other LeT commanders could have been visiting the border. The sloganeering shows that the LeT brass is motivating its operatives who may have already been present at the post,” a top BSF official said. 

 

Intelligence officials pointed out that Saeed’s “border action teams” are hand in glove with  Pakistani forces in making regular attempts to target Indian security forces. With the late-night activity at the Pakistan post remaining a mystery, the BSF is maintaining high vigil.