Lok Sabha Question No. 4458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Infiltration of Terrorists
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4458

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  JANUARY, 2019/, PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)

INFILTRATION OF TERRORISTS

4458. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  check  infiltration  of terrorists  in  the  Indian  boundaries from border areas during the last four years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details and achievements thereof; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  proposed  concrete  arrangement  to  be  undertaken  by  the Government to check the infiltration at all the borders?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to(c):  The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  infiltration  across  the borders are as follows:
- (i) Indo-China  Border:  Indo-China  border  is  an  in-hospitable  and  high  altitude open border having mix of IB and LAC. No incident of infiltration from across the border along Indo-China has been reported. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been deployed along this border to monitor and check infiltration across the border.
- (ii)   Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan Border: Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders are open borders with visa free regime. One Pakistani terrorist was arrested by SSB  on  13/5/2017  from  Sonauli,  Maharajganj  District  (UP)  on  Indo-Nepal border. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has been deployed along this border to monitor and check infiltration across the border.

## LS.USQ.NO.4458 FOR 08.01.2019

- (iii) Indo-Myanmar  Border:  Indo-Myanmar  border  is  an  open  border  with  free movement  regime  (FMR)  within  16  kms  on  both  sides  of  the  border.  563 insurgents  have  been  apprehended  and  47  insurgents  have  been  killed along the Indo-Myanmar Border during the years 2015 to 2018. Assam Rifles (AR) has been deployed along this border to monitor and check infiltration across the border.
- (iv) Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders: Indo-Pakistan and IndoBangladesh  borders  are  fenced  with  physical  barriers  in  almost  all  the feasible  areas.  In  non-feasible  areas  like  riverine  gaps,  technological solutions  are  under  implementation  to  check  infiltration  in  the  vulnerable patches. Border Security Force (BSF) has been deployed along this border to  monitor  and  check  infiltration  across  the  border.  24  armed  infiltrators have been apprehended and 06 armed infiltrators have been killed along the Indo-Pakistan Border and Indo-Bhutan Border during the years 2015 to 2018.

## The following measures are in place to check infiltration along the land borders:

- (i) Effective  domination  of  the  borders  by  the  Border  Guarding  Forces through  round  the  clock  surveillance  viz.  patrolling,  laying  nakas, establishing observation posts all along the border and strengthening of existing defence of the BOPs.

## LS.US.Q.NO.4458 FOR 08.01.2019

- (ii) The riverine segments of the International Borders of the country are being  patrolled  and  dominated  with  the  help  of  water  crafts/speed boats/floating  Border  Out  Posts  (BOPs)  of  Border  Guarding  Forces (BGFs).
- (iii) Usage  of  Hi-Tech  surveillance  equipment  along  with  day  and  night vision devices for further enhancing the border domination.

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