In the aftermath of India’s surgical strikes against terrorists in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Pakistan Army has now shifted Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin to an army base Lahore, according to top government sources.
Fearing for their safety, both Salahuddin and Saeed were shifted into formations under the Lahore-based IV Corps, according to a report by India Today.
Commandos of Pakistan Army’s Special Forces in plain clothes are providing security both the terrorists, the report said, citing sources.
This comes after Indian Army carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, causing significant casualties to terrorists and destroying many terror launch pads.
Fearing targeted surgical strikes against terrorists, the lower-rung leaders of the outfits have also been kept under close watch in Pakistan Army bases in Bahawalpur.
Fearing more surgical strikes in the PoK, Pakistan Army has also shifted back the terrorist launch pads from approximately 600m-1.5km near the LoC to 7-8 km deep inside.
The surgical strikes of last month caused maximum damage to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT), reports said yesterday.
The assessment reports available from Indian army field units which included radio conversations between various Pakistani formations showed that around 20 of LeT militants were killed.
The maximum damage was inflicted on LeT at Dudniyal launch pad in PoK, opposite to Kupwara sector of North Kashmir, according to sources in the know of details of the recent surgical strikes.
The sources said today that five teams culled out from the army division in the area were tasked to destroy launch pads of terror groups located at Kail also known as Kel and Dudniyal.
Meanwhile, voices in Pakistan are rising with demand of action against ‘non-state actors’ like Hafiz Saeed. Opposition parties and at least one lawmaker from the ruling party have asked the government to act against terrorists as Islamabad faces isolation in the international community.
