<p>Army today instituted an inquiry into one of the bloodiest attacks in years on its camp at Uri as preliminary investigations suggested the terrorists had entered the area at least a day before mounting the brazen assault.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Official sources said the inquiry, to be completed in a time bound manner, will suggest measures to prevent such attacks in future as Pakistani-based groups were indulging more in "shallow infiltration".<br /><br />According to sources, shallow infiltration means when terrorists cross the Line of Control and target the first available army camp or security establishment.<br /><br />The suspicion about JeM terrorists having entered the LoC a day before arose from the fact that they had beards which were not a day old as fidayeen (suicide) squads are clean shaven generally, the source said.<br /><br />They said the inquiry will look into all possible lapses that could have led to the attack and ascertain whether it could have been prevented.<br /><br />It will also suggest preventive measures needed to be employed, including realignment of forces around army installations near the LoC.<br /><br />The toll in the attack has risen to 18 with one more armyman succumbing to injuries.<br />Heavily armed suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants from Pakistan had yesterday stormed the army base killing 17 personnel and wounding 20.<br /><br />India had reacted strongly to the deadliest attack on the Army in Jammu and Kashmir in quarter-century-old insurgency that sparked an outrage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemning it.<br /><br />"We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished," Modi had said. <br /></p>
<p>Army today instituted an inquiry into one of the bloodiest attacks in years on its camp at Uri as preliminary investigations suggested the terrorists had entered the area at least a day before mounting the brazen assault.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Official sources said the inquiry, to be completed in a time bound manner, will suggest measures to prevent such attacks in future as Pakistani-based groups were indulging more in "shallow infiltration".<br /><br />According to sources, shallow infiltration means when terrorists cross the Line of Control and target the first available army camp or security establishment.<br /><br />The suspicion about JeM terrorists having entered the LoC a day before arose from the fact that they had beards which were not a day old as fidayeen (suicide) squads are clean shaven generally, the source said.<br /><br />They said the inquiry will look into all possible lapses that could have led to the attack and ascertain whether it could have been prevented.<br /><br />It will also suggest preventive measures needed to be employed, including realignment of forces around army installations near the LoC.<br /><br />The toll in the attack has risen to 18 with one more armyman succumbing to injuries.<br />Heavily armed suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants from Pakistan had yesterday stormed the army base killing 17 personnel and wounding 20.<br /><br />India had reacted strongly to the deadliest attack on the Army in Jammu and Kashmir in quarter-century-old insurgency that sparked an outrage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemning it.<br /><br />"We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished," Modi had said. <br /></p>