In a bid to create a Kargil-type situation of intrusions, militants of Laskhar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad have constructed several bunkers and blown up small bridges in high altitude areas in south of Pir Panjal range as part of a plan reportedly worked out by the Pakistan army.
Several "pucca" bunkers have been constructed in Kaka hills, Darhal, Manjakote, Gambir, Mendhar and Behramgala areas in the sensitive Poonch-Rajouri sector since the Army build up on the Indo-Pak border in the last few weeks, according to highly placed intelligence sources.
The bunkers, which are strong and that can withstand mortar gun fire, have been put up for use in the event of any war, the sources said. The hideouts of the Pak-backed militants have also been fortified in the renewed building activity by militants in the Surankote-Darhal belt in the area, the sources said.
"The simple aim of militants acting as per direction of the SSG unit of the Pakistan Army is to completely wipe out ground support for Army and district authorities as pre-war tactics," they claimed.
Over 3,000 tonnes of explosive and several truck loads of weaponry including rocket launchers, mortar guns, missiles and flame throwers were also believed to be dumped by the Pak Army through the militants.
All structures vacated by the Rashtriya
Rifles troops at high altitude posts have been set on fire by the militants,
the sources said, adding that these were destroyed within hours so that
the CRPF personnel who were deployed in place of them cannot occupy them.