Monday, July 24 2006 10:50 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Poonch (J&K): Militants have found a novel method of infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir by dodging the alarm system at the border fence.

They cut out a portion of the wire-fencing and complete the circuit using a length of wire brought along, so it does not trigger the warning buzzer and alert guards who patrol the fence every 300-400 metres.

Defence officials, who have named the infiltration ploy the 'Chop Off Electric Fence' method, said there were at least 2 or 3 such instances in recent weeks, the first detected on June 18.

The militants used the sources.

The thermal imagers aimed at detecting infiltrators are also of not any help in inclement weather as they are unable to pick up movement along the border as the lowered body temperature in rains and the cold blurs the imaging.

This is not the first strategy to fox the troops and engineer infiltration either.

"The ultras have tried gloves, ladders, asbestos sheets and strong plastic sheets (all non-conductors) to pass through the electric wires," they said.