Indian Navy is on high alert in anticipation of a possible terror strike through 7514 km coastline in the wake of Parliament stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and splitting the state into two Union Territories, senior officials who didn’t want to be named said.“We are on a state of heightened alert on the eastern and western seaboards,” the official said.

In addition, surveillance through radars along the coast and assets have been positioned at critical points to keep a watch, the officersaid.Indian intelligence has reported movement of terrorist like Rauf Azhgar,brother of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed Masood Azhar, to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in recent days.

UN Secretary-General said that Kashmir issue needed to be resolved bilaterally and by peaceful means. Antonio Guterres also recalled the1972 Simla agreement on bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.RaufAzghar’s shifting closer to the border between the two neighbours ties in withreports emanating from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir about a large number of Jaishrecruits shifting from its camps in Punjab towards the border.The agencies havealso warned about a possible terror attack in the hinterland outside ofJ&K.Officials also point to Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwastatement, reacting to India scrapping Kashmir’s special status, pledging thatthe army was “prepared and shall go to any extent to fulfill its obligations”to people of Kashmir.India already has a functional chain of coastal radars andJoint Operations Center (JOC) that are connected to the Gurugram-basedInformation Management and Analysis Center (IMAC).Separately, the Navy has alsoasked the government to immediately fit the “friend or foe” tracking system onfishing boats that are smaller than 20 meters. India has 2.5 lakh such fishingboats. In 2008, Pakistani terrorists had hijacked an Indian boat in the mid-sea to reach Mumbai shore undetected.