India's army chief said Monday that Pakistan has reactivated militant camps in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and about 500 militants are waiting to infiltrate into India. Gen. Bipin Rawat didn't provide any evidence to back his claims. Senior officials at Pakistan's foreign ministry denied the accusation. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
They said India's government and military were "using false propaganda to implicate Pakistan for the domestic backlash to Indian repression in Indian-occupied Kashmir." India has placed a curfew and other restrictions on people in its part of Kashmir since downgrading the special status of the disputed Himalayan region on Aug. 5.
The Press Trust of India news agency quoted the army chief as saying that "some action had been taken" by India's air force "and now they (Pakistan) have got the people back there."
Rawat was referring to the Balakot 'airstrike'.
Rawat indicated that India's response now may be stronger than it was in February.
"Why repeat? Why not beyond that? Let them keep guessing," Indian news channels quoted him as saying.