New Delhi: A high alert has been sounded along the Punjab-Pakistan border following the recovery of arms and ammunition transported from across the border.
An AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines and 40 cartridges were seized by the BSF from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur district, a spokesperson of the force said on Saturday. The seizure was made during a search operation by the Border Security Force on Friday after noticing a drone movement during the intervening night of January 18 and 19.
It resulted in the recovery of a packet wrapped in a white coloured gunnysack, which, besides the arms and ammunition, contained Rs 40,000 cash, the spokesperson said. The vigilant BSF troops successfully thwarted nefarious designs of the terror-mongers from across the border, the official added.
Preliminary investigation says the ammunition was supposed to be used to create terror ahead of the Pran Pratishtha programme of Ram Mandir. Security has already been beefed up, particularly in Ayodhya and its adjoining areas. All the law enforcing agencies from Uttar Pradesh as well as from the centre have come together under an integrated control room to share intelligence inputs on a real-time basis.
Sources said that a senior-level official to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) from each of the law enforcement agencies will lead their teams in the integrated control room. Significantly, following the fresh inputs provided by the MHA, Uttar Pradesh police deputed 12,000 personnel in and around Ayodhya.
Asserting that cyber security experts are also members of the integrated control room, sources said that continuous inputs regarding misuse of cyberspace are being evaluated and alerts are being issued accordingly. “Cyber experts will monitor all the components of social media,” sources said. Uttar Pradesh police have already installed about 10,000 CCTV cameras in and around Ayodhya.
Extending its support to all the law enforcing agencies, India’s premier anti-terror agency, NIA has stepped up its vigil over all suspected movements. NIA is also monitoring the activities of Khalistani sympathisers who could turn out to be troublemakers during the pran pratistha programme. Security agencies apprehended three Khalistani sympathisers who were involved in suspicious activities in Ayodhya on Thursday.
During the investigation, it was found that the three were working for Khalistani groups and were doing a recce for an incident in Ayodhya.
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