The decision of deploying the 'spotters' was conveyed to the Union Home Ministry after the state government informed that it could not spare a heavy contingent of police personnel for deployment along the Indo-Nepal border with Sashastra Seema Bal, a para-military force guarding the Indo-Nepal border.
The 'spotters' will be deployed at the checking points to assist the SSB in identifying the Kashmiri youth who have been using Nepal as an alternate route to enter into the Valley, official sources said today.
The 'spotters', who are former militants, will help in nabbing such youths who enter into India through the Nepal border, which became an entry route after the state government announced Rehabilitation Policy in 2010.
Recently, as many as nine militants along with their families entered India through Indo-Nepal border. They were apprehended by chance and later handed over to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the sources said, adding these 'spotters' would reduce the chance of these militants sneaking into India.
The 'spotters', besides being deployed at 15 points from where the people from India and Nepal enter, will also be part of patrolling parties to man areas used for illegal infiltration, the sources said. MORE
