New Delhi: About 2,500 terrorists are present in launching pads in Pakistan and PoK, Government said on Tuesday.
"A number of training camps and launching pads are reportedly active in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir/ Pakistan. As per assessment, there are around 2,500 terrorists in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir/Pakistan," Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
The minister also said that 52 infiltration attempts along the Jammu and Kashmir border have taken place till June 2011, while in 2010 the number was 489, slightly higher than in 2009 (485).
"Infiltration attempts from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir have shown a marginal increase during the year 2009 and 2010 in comparison with the year 2008," he said. On ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC), he said the number of violations which were 77 in 2008 came down to 28 in 2009 and it further increased to 44 in 2010.
19 ceasefire violations have been reported along LoC up to July this year, he said in a reply to another question.
There were no reports of ceasefire violation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
Government of India has taken up the issue of ceasefire violations with Pakistan consistently. All such violations of ceasefire are also taken up with Pak military authorities at appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotline, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Director General of Military Operations, the minister said.
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