Pakistan army provides help to relocate terrorist camps near Muzaffarabad to Manshera, Jhelum

NEW DELHI: A dozen terror camps located near Muzaffarabad, in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir, were relocated to Manshera, Naushera and Jhelum with the help of the Pakistan army, according to Indian intelligence reports from across the line of control. The Indian Army had destroyed 7 launching pads of terror groups on Thursday, located in Muree and Rawalkot in PoK. The decision to shift the camps from PoK to its territory was taken by a rattled Pakistan to avoid casualty to militants and their assets.

The intelligence reports further said that these camps have more than 500 militants, mostly from Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen. Among them, LeT has close to 300 terrorists, the highest in number, in their camps, an official said quoting intelligence report. Officials added that the reports were credible and were put together with the help of western agencies. Three such camps identified in Muzaffarabad were located at Pir Chanasi, Aksha Maskar and Tabuk, said officials.

While Manshera in Khyber Paktunkhwa province is 50 km from Muzaffarabad, Naushera and Hajhiaima in Jhelum in Punjab province are 250 km each from Muzaffarabad. Counter-intelligence sleuths said these terror camps start their activity at 2.30 am where young recruits are made to undergo a tough physical training. Activities at the camp end with ‘isha ki namaz’ by 10 pm, he added.

These camps, according to officials, are assigned specific tasks where training manuals are divided into three phases. “Based on the interrogation of the captured militants in the past, we have found that a terrorist before being brought to a launch pad undergoes three modules — Daura-e-Talba (basic training), Daura-e-aam (physical training) and Daura-e-khas (arms training),” the CI sleuth added.