LeT trains women militants in Pakistan: Jaiswal

New Delhi, May 8: The Centre today said the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has been building up a women cadre by imparting arms training to them at its camps in Pakistan.

''Available reports suggest that LeT is running training camps in Pakistan and Pakistan - occupied Kashmir for imparting arms training to its women cadre,'' Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal told the Lok Sabha today.

In a written answer, he said there was continued involvement of Pakistan and Pakistan-based terrorist outfits like the LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India.

''They were using and leveraging the existing infrastructure of terror in Pakistan - occupied Kashmir and other parts of Pakistan,'' he said, pointing out that these issues have been taken up with Pakistan in the bilateral mechanisms established for this purpose.

He said besides continuing infiltration across Indo-Pakistan border, there had been incidents where Pakistan and PoK based terrorist outfits had also infiltrated into India through Indo-Bangla and Indo-Nepal borders for subversive activities.

In this context, Mr Jaiswal cited the twin bomb blasts in Varanasi in March 2006 in which terrorists entered India via Indo-Bangla border and Mumbai local train serial bomb blasts in July 2006 in which terrorists ---two from Indo-Nepal, four from Indo-Pakistan and five from Indo-Bangladesh border -- infiltrated into India.

He said the government had been pursuing a multi-dimensional approach to deal with terrorist activities and extends support to the states in neutralising such activities.

Measures have also been taken to strengthen border management to check infiltration, galvanise the intelligence machinery, besides ensuring improved technology, weaponry and equipment of security forces both at the centre and in the staes.

On another question on illegal migrants, Mr Jaiswal said it was difficult to make an accurate survey about the number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who enter India using the porous Indo-Bangladesh border.

Accurate survey was not possible because they entered surruptiously and were able to mingle easily with the local population due to ethnic and linguistic similarities.

UNI