07-19-2005, 07:36 PM
Infiltration has gone up: Army
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The army on Tuesday said that there has been a spurt in infiltration across the Line of Control.
"Infiltration has gone up in the past 10 days across all command zones in Kashmir," Lieutenant General S S Dhillon said.
He added that counter-infiltration measures are in place and the damage has been controlled.
"The Guerez operation is still continuing," Dhillon said, adding 12 bodies of infiltrators were recovered so far.
Guerez, on the LoC and 130 km from Srinagar, has been the scene of fighting for the past week, with the army repulsing infiltrators.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The army on Tuesday said that there has been a spurt in infiltration across the Line of Control.
"Infiltration has gone up in the past 10 days across all command zones in Kashmir," Lieutenant General S S Dhillon said.
He added that counter-infiltration measures are in place and the damage has been controlled.
"The Guerez operation is still continuing," Dhillon said, adding 12 bodies of infiltrators were recovered so far.
Guerez, on the LoC and 130 km from Srinagar, has been the scene of fighting for the past week, with the army repulsing infiltrators.
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