Evidence proves that terrorists were from Pak: BSF
Updated on
Monday, December 01, 2008, 00:00
IST
New Delhi, Dec 01: The terrorists who conducted the
bloody campaign in Mumbai came from Pakistan irrespective of
the claims made by the neighbouring country, a top
paramilitary official has said.
The government has sufficient evidences to corroborate
that the terrorists who struck Mumbai last week were from
Pakistan, Director General Border Security Force M L Kumawat
said today.
"We have got sufficient evidences that they (terrorists)
were from Pakistan irrespective of what it says," Kumawat, who
was special secretary (internal security) in the Ministry of
Home Affairs before taking charge at BSF, told reporters on
the occasion of BSF Raising Day celebrations.
Refusing to comment on the build-up of Pakistani forces
along the Indo-Pak border, the DG said the BSF, which is
present on the same border, is all prepared to meet any
challenge.
The western metropolis witnessed unprecedented terror
attacks, including prime landmarks -- Taj Hotel,
Trident-Oberoi hotel and a Jewish centre -- on Wednesday night
when heavily armed terrorists struck killing over 180 people
and injuring hundreds of others.
BSF to have battalion HQs at new locations
The government has approved
atleast eight locations in the country for the BSF to
establish its new battalion headquarters.
The force, which is largely deployed along the borders
with Pakistan and Bangladesh, is now actively acquiring land
and constructing buildings at these places for stationing its
men and other logistics.
"The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the force's
demand with priority. This will go a long way in ensuring that
the jawans, largely deployed at the Northern and Eastern
borders, can remain in proximity to their families," Minister
of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal said here.
"There has been an increase in incidents of suicide
in the force owing to stress... by being deployed at
these places this problem will get addressed to a large
extent," he said at BSF's 43rd Raising Day celebrations.
The Minister said that the first woman battalion of the
two-lakh plus force has already been raised and will help on
both the borders in performing frisking and other duties.
Bureau Report