Security apparatus put on alert to ensure peaceful Lok Sabha elections: New Delhi

The Centre today admitted that around 50 mililtants had infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir through the Gurez sector and said the entire security apparatus was alert to ensure peaceful Lok Sabha elections in the border state.
The extent of the infiltration was given by the Home Ministry while dismissing as "grossly exaggerated" reports that 158 mililtants had sneaked into the state through the Gurez sector in North Kashmir.

A Home Ministry spokesperson said "inputs about infiltration were received from different sources and periodically, various security agencies sit together to make a realistic assessment of the extent of infiltration.

"According to the current assessment, the level of infiltration is a third of the figures that have been mentioned in the reports," the spokesperson said in a release.

"The entire security apparatus is fully alert and geared up to foil any designs of the militants, and ensure peaceful polls in the state," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said it was a fact there were attempts to infiltrate militants into the state though the number has steadily declined.

Recently, there were reports suggesting that efforts are being made by the agencies and organisations across the border to step up infiltration. PTI