New Delhi: Following specific inputs by the intelligence agencies with regards possible terror attacks, a high alert has been sounded at the Indian Air Force (IAF) bases in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said that intelligence agencies issued a warning against a suicide attack by Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) at IAF bases.
A terror module comprising 8 to 10 JeM terrorists are said to be planning to carry out attack in Srinagar, Awantipora, Jammu, Pathankot, and Hindon IAF air bases, said top government sources.
Following the said intelligence input, the IAF bases have been put on high alert at orange level, said sources .
Senior officers are reviewing the security arrangements round the clock to tackle the threat. The alert has emanated after agencies monitored movements of the JeM terrorists.
The alert comes in the backdrop of reports that Pakistan has been transporting weapons through Punjab route into Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the investigative agencies, arms were delivered from Pakistan using drones via the Punjab border eight times over a period of five days–September 6, September 7, September 9, September 10 and September 15.
A large consignment of arms was delivered to the Taran Taran district of Punjab by the Khalistani group, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), with the help of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). These weapons were to be used in Kashmir.
However, a large cache of arms and ammunition were seized by the Punjab police on the basis of information provided by four Khalistani terrorists nabbed from Taran Taran in Punjab.
On September 23, one person was arrested and on the basis of input provided to the sleuths, a major terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir when over 40 kg of explosives along with other items was recovered from a village in Kathua region.