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IB issues alert, says ISI planning a major strike in JK, Punjab 

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Intelligence Bureau (IB) Friday shared input with the government of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab warning them of ‘major terror strike’ by Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.

The input mentions that four militants have already infiltrated into India from the Punjab border and they are now planning to strike anywhere in northern India.

The input, warns that the planned Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attack may take place within the next 15 days in Kathua near Jammu and Gurdaspur and Pathankot in Punjab.

“The ISI is planning a major attack in Kathua, Gurdaspur and Pathankot. In this regard, four militants have already infiltrated into Punjab through Bamtal sector a few days ago,” says the undated IB note shared with governments in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab earlier this week.

The IB says that the “militants” were now waiting for arms and ammunition to be supplied from Pakistan and a drug peddler was being used as a courier.

“They are waiting for the supply of arms and ammunition to be provided by the ISI. The ISI has also hired a drug courier to hand over the consignment of arms and ammunition to these attackers within next 15 days,” says the IB note, asking the governments and security agencies to take “necessary preventive and precautionary measures as deemed fit”.

Pathankot had earlier been the centre of a major strike by four attackers who launched a nearly three-day bomb and gun attack on an Indian Air Force base in the border town.

Seven forces’ personnel were killed in the January 2, 2016, assault that broke down planned talks between India and Pakistan.

India blamed Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Mohammed for the Pathankot attack.


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