The foreign ministry spokesperson said the claims are baseless and unfounded.
“Such unsubstantiated statements are not very helpful in creating a conducive environment necessary for improving relationship between the two countries,” he said.
The spokesperson further said that if the Indian home minister has any information or evidence, he can share it with us.
Shinde told reporters on October 21 that “we have information that Pakistan is helping terrorists to enter our territory. We have intelligence inputs. But we are alert.”
In the past, terrorists targeted devotees celebrating Dussehra and Diwali, the two biggest Hindu festivals – which coincide with heavy snowfall on mountainous passes between India and Pakistan in Kashmir. Hence, it falls around the time of the year when traditionally, the last tranche of infiltrators enter India via Kashmir.
With a ceasefire in place for more than 10 years now, the India-Pakistan border has not been the only route for infiltration. More importantly, India’s home-grown groups have made it near impossible to differentiate between foreign infiltrators and local militants.
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