New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday termed as "worrisome" attempts by secessionist and militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir to make common cause with "outside elements" to create an impression of turmoil in the state and said such a situation must not be allowed to develop.
Singh also said infiltration from across the Line of Control and also via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh and the sea is "going up".
Addressing the Directors General and Inspectors General of Police here on the concluding day of the two-day conference organised by the Intelligence Bureau, he said there were reasons to be satisfied that both Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections in the state were held in a peaceful manner and that the level of violence is "perhaps at its lowest levels" since the beginning of insurgency in the late 1980s.
"But there are certain developments that are
worrisome. Infiltration across the Line of Control and also
via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh and the sea is
going up. Encounters with armed militants have become more
frequent in recent weeks and months," he told the conference
attended by Home Minister P Chidamabaram and National Security
Advisor MK Narayanan.
In an obvious reference to Pakistan, the Prime
Minister said secessionist and militant groups within the
state were again attempting to make common cause with outside
elements and have embarked on a series of protest movements.
Singh said the intention of such groups was apparently
to create an impression of widespread turmoil in the state.
"We must not allow such situation to develop. It is
imperative that these efforts are contained and checked," he
stressed.
Bureau Report
