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Indian troops on alert along Jammu border

IRNA

New Delhi, Oct 1, IRNA -- Indian troops along the Indo-Pak border hav 
been put on high alert in the wake of surprise raids by Pakistan 
army`s sabotage Border Action Teams (BATs) that attack Indian posts to
push heavily armed militants in Jammu and Kashmir, top Indian defense 
sources said on Wednesday. 
According to Press Trust of India (PTI), an Indian News Agency, 
"Pakistan troops have started a fresh game-plan of conducting raids by
its specialized sabotage group, BATs, that target Listening Posts and 
Border Patrol along the Line of Control (LoC) in order to engineer 
infiltration of heavily armed militants into Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). 
In one recent attack, Pakistani soldiers of its BAT team raided a 
border patrol of Indian regiment after crossing LoC in Jangard area of
Noushera sector in Rajouri district and killed four Indian soldiers. 
In view of these raids, Indian troops have been put on high alert 
and security of early Warning Posts (EWPS) and Listening Posts (LPs) 
have been upgraded to foil any such attack without casually along LoC 
and International Border, the sources said. 
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