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New Delhi:
With Assembly polls scheduled in Jammu and Kashmir later this year, infiltration attempts from across the border are expected to increase, a top security official said today.
"You would have seen that in the recent past a lot of infiltration attempts (in Jammu and Kashmir) have been thwarted but with the elections coming up later this year in that state you can only expect them to increase," said National Security Guard Director General J N Choudhury at a security conference in New Delhi.
The chief also warned that India stands to face the challenge of major terrorist attacks.
"The same terrorist forces that attacked our Parliament in 2001, they can be expected to do so in the future. The objective seems to be very clear. They want to attack our self-confidence, they want to make it clear to the world that India is not the investment destination that everyone thinks it is," Mr Choudhury said.
"The threat from Pak-based terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen or the Indian Mujahideen (IM), which primarily works out of Karachi in Pakistan, is very real," the DG said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI).
He said attacks in future could be of the 'black swan' variety.
"Though the security forces had been very successful in last many years as they have picked up many operatives (terrorist agents)...but incidents will not be frequent but they will be of the black swan variety-- an infrequent incident that has a huge impact on the nation. Responding to these threats is complex as they (terror masterminds) have a global footprint, their operations, financing etc. are planned out of the country," Mr Choudhury said.
"You would have seen that in the recent past a lot of infiltration attempts (in Jammu and Kashmir) have been thwarted but with the elections coming up later this year in that state you can only expect them to increase," said National Security Guard Director General J N Choudhury at a security conference in New Delhi.
The chief also warned that India stands to face the challenge of major terrorist attacks.
"The same terrorist forces that attacked our Parliament in 2001, they can be expected to do so in the future. The objective seems to be very clear. They want to attack our self-confidence, they want to make it clear to the world that India is not the investment destination that everyone thinks it is," Mr Choudhury said.
"The threat from Pak-based terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen or the Indian Mujahideen (IM), which primarily works out of Karachi in Pakistan, is very real," the DG said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI).
He said attacks in future could be of the 'black swan' variety.
"Though the security forces had been very successful in last many years as they have picked up many operatives (terrorist agents)...but incidents will not be frequent but they will be of the black swan variety-- an infrequent incident that has a huge impact on the nation. Responding to these threats is complex as they (terror masterminds) have a global footprint, their operations, financing etc. are planned out of the country," Mr Choudhury said.
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