Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday said that a 150-metre long underground tunnel suspected to be used by four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists for infiltration from Pakistan was detected by the BSF at the International Border in Samba district.
"The tunnel was detected following the investigation into the recent encounter near Nagrota on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway," said the DGP.
On Thursday, four militants were killed in a brief gunfight when the truck, in which they were travelling, was intercepted at Ban toll plaza on the highway.
According to the police, huge cache of arms and ammunition including 11 AK assault rifles, three pistols, 29 grenades and six UBGL grenades were recovered from the possession of the slain militants.
The DGP claimed that the police had shared some vital inputs found from the gunfight scene with the BSF following which they managed to unearth the tunnel.
"This was a new tunnel dug out from Pakistan in the area after the older one was unearthed by BSF (in August). Following the successful operation in Nagrota, the question was how did the JeM group manage to infiltrate into this side from Pakistan, reached the national highway and boarded the truck," the DGP said while adding, " the slain terrorists were carrying 14 weapons and a large quantity of explosive material including RDX. The police got some evidence and shared the inputs with the BSF which finally led to the detection of the tunnel."
On the role of Pakistan in such activities, he said, "Police have already shared the evidence of the involvement of Pakistan which is not only pushing Lashkar-e-Toiba and JeM terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir but also supporting Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr terrorists and smuggling weapons into India."
''The infiltration was targeted to disrupt the democratic process of DDC polls which are going to be held from November 28,'' the Director-General of Police told reporters.
