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Army ready for J&K Assembly polls

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Building confidence: Chief of Army Staff Deepak Kapoor visiting students’ hostel near Srinagar on Friday.

Tangdhar (J&K): The Army on Friday said a “multi-tier mechanism” is in place to prevent militants infiltrating through the LoC to disrupt the elections due Jammu and Kashmir later this year.

“This being election year, militant outfits might try to sneak in more numbers by taking advantage of broken fencing along the Line of Control due to heavy snowfall last winter,” Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor told reporters here.

He said the security forces would provide “environmental security” to ensure peaceful polling and create an atmosphere so that people can exercise their franchise.

There was a marked improvement in the security situation in the State though the level of infiltration has remained more or less the same, Kapoor said.

“An assessment for this year can be made only after the snow starts melting.”

As per available official figures, 343 militants infiltrated into the State in 2006 and 311 last year. PTI

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