Srinagar:
Pakistan is trying to push people infected with coronavirus into Jammu and Kashmir to spread the highly contagious virus among the people of Kashmir valley, a top police officer has said.
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh made the claim after visiting a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Ganderbal district, 20 km from Srinagar. Mr Singh said "it's a fact that Pakistan is trying to send COVID-19 patients" to Kashmir Valley.
"Certain things have come to the fore. So far, Pakistan has been sending terrorists to Kashmir, but it is now exporting coronavirus patients to spread the virus among people of Kashmir. It's an issue we have to be cautious about and it's very disturbing," Mr Singh said.
The claim comes a week after a top Army commander said they have received intelligence inputs that Pakistan was sending COVID-19 patients into Azad Kashmir or Azad Kashmir to prep them for infiltration to India.
Azad Kashmir has reported some 50 COVID-19 cases, many of them from Mirpur district.
Earlier this month, an infiltration attempt in the high-altitude Keran sector was stopped by the Army's special forces. Five terrorists were shot dead. Five Indian soldiers also lost their lives.
In the days following the encounter, there had been a heavy exchange of artillery fire between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control or LoC. Three civilians were killed and several were injured in shelling by Pakistan in Kupwara district
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...nts-to-jammu-and-kashmir-says-top-cop-2216762
Pakistan is trying to push people infected with coronavirus into Jammu and Kashmir to spread the highly contagious virus among the people of Kashmir valley, a top police officer has said.
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh made the claim after visiting a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Ganderbal district, 20 km from Srinagar. Mr Singh said "it's a fact that Pakistan is trying to send COVID-19 patients" to Kashmir Valley.
"Certain things have come to the fore. So far, Pakistan has been sending terrorists to Kashmir, but it is now exporting coronavirus patients to spread the virus among people of Kashmir. It's an issue we have to be cautious about and it's very disturbing," Mr Singh said.
The claim comes a week after a top Army commander said they have received intelligence inputs that Pakistan was sending COVID-19 patients into Azad Kashmir or Azad Kashmir to prep them for infiltration to India.
Azad Kashmir has reported some 50 COVID-19 cases, many of them from Mirpur district.
Earlier this month, an infiltration attempt in the high-altitude Keran sector was stopped by the Army's special forces. Five terrorists were shot dead. Five Indian soldiers also lost their lives.
In the days following the encounter, there had been a heavy exchange of artillery fire between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control or LoC. Three civilians were killed and several were injured in shelling by Pakistan in Kupwara district
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...nts-to-jammu-and-kashmir-says-top-cop-2216762