Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: August 10, 2009
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/194910/Pak-following-dichotomous-policy-in-fighting-terror-Kapoor.html
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Monday
said Pakistan was following a "dichotomous policy" in fighting terrorism
operating against militants within the country and "perpetuating terror"
in India.
"I find it rather odd that on the one
hand Pakistan would like to fight terror, therefore it is moving troops to
fight them but on the other hand, it is perpetuating terror by sending in
infiltrators into Kashmir," he said.
"I think they are following a dichotomous
policy," Kapoor told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here.
About recent spurt in terrorist activities
in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "Pakistan will use any and every opportunity
to raise Kashmir (issue), whenever they get a chance. So, I see the increase
in infiltration in that context."
"They find things have gone far too peaceful.
Amarnath Yatra has passed off peacefully...Perhaps they don't wish for this
prolonged peace and stability," Kapoor said.
"Hence you see heightened activity, heightened
attempts to try to get as many people in before the winters come, snow falls
and passes close," he added. Asked if Pakistani Army establishment was
supporting the infiltration bids by terrorists, Kapoor said, "the kind
of sophisticated equipment, to be used during very heavy snowfall and the
kind of communications which are available, the possibility of certain amount
of support to them by the established institutions can not be ruled out."
Commenting on the allegations levelled by
a dead Indian Military Academy cadet's family that his body was handed over
to them in a decomposed state, the Army chief said, "we will look into
their charge".
"We try to ensure that anyone who dies
during training or during operations gets full respect," he said.
