Army lauds ‘alert’ citizens for foiling nefarious designs

Our Correspondent

Samba, May 25

The Army has lauded the alert citizens of the country and said they have always played a great role in foiling the nefarious designs of anti-national elements.

“There are security related problems which are disturbing. The Army is well-prepared and focused to prevent any untoward incident and will not allow the anti-social elements to succeed as it has thwarted all such attacks in the past and neutralised militants successfully,” Lt Gen KJ Singh, Western Command chief, said on the sidelines of a volleyball tournament in Samba recently.

“We are prepared to deal with any kind of situation. We have put in place a necessary mechanism to ensure that the anti-national elements do not succeed in their designs. We have not allowed militants to succeed in their designs anywhere, be it Dinanagar, Pathankot air base or any other place,” the Western Command chief said.

Lauding the role of the alert Indians, whom he called ‘jagruk Hindustanis’, linking them with Jagruk Hindustani Volleyball Premiere League, Lt General Singh said the alert Indians had always played a great role in foiling the terror attacks.

“In all terrorist attacks, the citizen or ‘jagruk Hindustani’ has had a role to play. Whether it was in Dinanagar in Punjab, where a milkman pointed out the explosive that had been placed on the railway track, or in Udhampur, where two civilians captured Pakistani militant Mohammad Naved,” he said.

With regard to the detection of a tunnel on the international border in the RS Pura sector of Jammu, he said it had helped avert a major tragedy and “we have to remain extra vigilant”.