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Border region of Jammu vulnerable to infiltration: Govt

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said due to effective domination of Border Security Force, there has been no incident of armed infiltration in the area from Pakistan during the last three years and the current year.

However, 111 people were apprehended along the border in the region till October 12 while they were trying to infiltrate into India, he said.

The Minister said a total of 289 infiltrators were apprehended by the border guarding force between 2009-11 along the Indo-Pak border.

  

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First Published: Dec 05 2012 | 2:45 PM IST

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