Pakistan's security forces are allowing Saeed to "openly operate" in the border areas to indoctrinate terrorist groups, Inspector General (IG) of BSF, Jammu Frontier, Rakesh Sharma told reporters here today.
"You saw Hafiz Saeed has been repeatedly provoking terrorists. Recently inputs have come that motivational speeches are being delivered in the terrorist camps and launching pads that we have to engineer terror acts (across the border in this side)," Sharma said.
"There has been an increase in such activities across the border. Motivational talks and provocative speeches by preachers have increased," Sharma said.
"He (Hafiz Saeed) has been engaged in motivational speeches. He has been seen doing this in Sialkote and some other areas, and he is visiting various parts of Pakistan," he added.
Sharma said,"There was news last year that he (Saeed) was seen close to IB in Sialkote sector. He is indoctrinating the youth and terrorist groups and motivating them to do something (engineer terrorist acts in India)."
"If it (will) is not been forced and Hafiz Saeed can openly operate in the border areas... It is clear indication of involvement of Pakistan's security forces."
Replying to another question on the threat that terror
outfit IS may pose for BSF along the border while countering cross-border infiltration, the IG said, "As of now, there is no input like this. But we are keeping a close eye on activities and what is happening across."
"Such type of possibility cannot be ruled out. There is such possibility but we are taken adequate measures," Sharma added.
"It is being thought that IS can support Pakistani terrorists along LoC and IB. This is accepted by the Intelligence Agencies. There are inputs in this regard that they can do it. Let us wait and watch what can happen," he said.
The BSF officer said that terror infrastructure is intact in Pakistan.
Sharma said, "Increasing and decreasing of terrorists in the camps depend upon their strategy and planned to shift them to left or right to put pressures."
On the question that Pakistan is building a BAT force with recruitment of criminals, prisoners and militants along the border line, the IG said "This has been their past trend also. They have always used convicted people and other prisoners with criminal records and trained them and used in militancy on the promise that you will be freed. Pakistan is using them.
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