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Pakistan bunkers only to ward off Taliban: BSF

NEW DELHI: Construction of bunkers and similar posts on the Pakistani side has come to the notice of the Border Security Force.

“Almost all the bunkers and other constructions are on the Pakistani soil and have loopholes facing their side. Probably, elements in the Pakistani security establishment are themselves feeling insecure due to the presence of Taliban and terrorist elements and they seem more worried about their own security than posing any threat to us,” BSF chief Raman Srivastava told journalists here on Saturday.

Maintaining that there was nothing “illegal” in such constructions coming up on the Pakistani side, the BSF chief said he, however, found the activity rather “unusual.” Probably, it had more to do with Pakistan’s internal situation and threats from the Taliban and terror elements in that country. He said the Indian Army was kept informed of these developments.

Mr. Srivastava said the arrival of militants on launching pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was being reported continuously, with a likelihood of more infiltration bids in the days ahead, before the advent of peak winter.

While the counter-espionage drive by various Pakistani intelligence agencies in the border areas was said to be on a high pitch, Pakistan-based smugglers were also looking for opportunities to bring narcotics into India.

The BSF had received reports indicating that militants and operatives were using Bangladeshi territory for illegally entering into India. The Harkat ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) remained one of the key Bangladeshi terror outfits with links to militants in the northeast and with Islamic fundamentalist organisations in other States.

The BSF DG said the emerging nexus between the Pakistan-based fundamentalist outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the HuJI in Bangladesh and use of Bangladeshi nationals, trained in Pakistan, were a matter of concern.

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