ISI eyeing new frontier through Gujarat. The apprehension of six operatives of the Inter Services Intelligence in Kutch, followed by the arrest of three hardcore Punjab militants from a residential area in Vadodara, has led experts to conclude that the Pakistani agency is eyeing a new frontier in Gujarat.
More manpower is also in store for the border police stations.
More companies of the Home Guards border wing will also be deployed to cover gaps exposed by the recent infiltration. While the militants arrested yesterday in Vadodara are still being interrogated, it has been established that they belong to the Babbar Khalsa. Admitting that the ISI focus was well on Gujarat, he said that while the frequency of infiltration through the Kutch border was hot very high, it was indeed alarming given the situation along the Line of Control in the Kargil sector. Intelligence officials said that what had made the Gujarat borders even more strategic for the ISI was the State s proximity to Mumbai, the commercial hub of the country. In the Vadodara case, meanwhile, the police are trying to determine the local contacts of the trio, as well as that of their host.