New Delhi: The Indian Navy has put its warships on alert on both the eastern and western coasts over the likelihood of a terror attack from Pakistan, defence sources said on Friday, August 9.
An attack from Pakistan is anticipated by military intelligence after the Indian Parliament withdrew special status to J&K on August 5 through a Presidential order by reading down Article 370. The Parliament also bifurcated the state of J&K into two union territories through legislation passed later by both houses.
According to defence sources, each point of entry on the Indian coastline is on alert and has been placed under real-time monitoring.
“The Indian Navy is prepared to face any odds. We are on alert,” said a senior Navy officer.
Security forces are also on high alert in the Kashmir valley ahead of Eid which will be celebrated in J&K on Monday. At least four ‘hotspots’, in areas which have witnessed unrest in the past over anti-India sentiments, have been identified in south Kashmir.
Several pro-Pakistan prisoners have been shifted from jails of Srinagar, Kathua (Hiranagar) and Jammu, to central jails in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
