- 54 IED incidents reported alongside LoC since 2016.
- Indian IED blasts injure and kill harmless civilians.
- Pakistan protests, raises LoC violations with India.
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Inside Minister Waqar Ahmad Noor has stated that India is smuggling weapons and medicines throughout the Line of Management (LoC) and orchestrating sabotage actions utilizing explosive gadgets.
Talking at a press convention within the regional capital of Muzaffarabad, Noor stated that India’s navy and intelligence businesses have been concerned in destabilising the area.
He revealed that since 2016, there have been 54 incidents of improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs) being planted alongside the LoC, with a rise in such actions lately.
The minister detailed that Indian IEDs have been found and detonated in numerous areas, together with Chakothi, Nezapir, Chirikot, Rakh Chakri, and Deva.
The variety of such incidents has additionally risen in Battal, Kot Kotera, and different areas, leading to a number of civilian casualties.
Based on Noor, India’s long-standing subversive actions alongside the LoC have intensified, with IEDs, weapons, and medicines being moved by way of Bagh, Battal, Deva, and different sectors.
He additional disclosed that between February 4 and 6, 4 Indian IEDs have been recovered from the Battal sector and Rawalakot. On February 12, Indian forces additionally violated the ceasefire in Deva and Bagsar sectors.
Pakistan has protested to India over these destabilising actions and the motion of IEDs, the AJK minister stated, including that Islamabad has additionally shared proof of India’s actions with the United Nations.
Noor additional accused Indian forces of conducting false flag operations and staged encounters to justify their actions. He additionally stated that India makes use of its navy sources to smuggle narcotics and arms throughout the border, contributing to regional instability.
Then again, sharing details about Indian forces and intelligence businesses’ involvement in terror actions and ceasefire violations, the safety sources instructed The Information that two Pakistani safety forces personnel obtained wounded as Indian navy personnel dedicated ceasefire violations at Bagsar and Deva sectors alongside the LoC on February 12.
In a single such contemporary occurring, they stated, Pakistani troopers recovered 4 IEDs in Battal sector and Rawalakot between February 4 and 6, whereas one citizen was martyred in an IED explosion.
The sources added that Indian forces had lengthy been concerned in sabotage actions and throughout the LoC firing. “Indians try sabotage acts by way of transportation and use of IEDs at LoC.”