The Indian Air Force (IAF) bases in Jammu and Kashmir,Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh have been put on high alert after intelligence agencies issued a warning against a suicide attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)terrorists in those IAF bases.

According to top government sources, a module consisting8-10 JeM terrorists will attempt to carry out the attack in Srinagar,Awantipora, Jammu, Pathankot, and Hindon air bases. Following this, the IAFbases have been put on high alert at orange level.

Senior officers are reviewing the security arrangementsround the clock to tackle the threat. The alert has emanated after agenciesmonitored movements of the JeM terrorists.

This comes at the backdrop of reports that Pakistan istransporting weapons through Punjab route into Jammu and Kashmir. According tothe investigative agencies, arms were delivered from Pakistan using drones viathe Punjab border eight times over a period of five days--September 6,September 7, September 9, September 10 and September 15.

A large consignment of arms was delivered to the Taran Tarandistrict of Punjab by the Khalistani group, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF),with the help of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). These weapons were to beused in Kashmir.

The IAF base alert comes within less than 48 hours of IndianArmy Chief General Bipin Rawat informing that the JeM camp in Pakistan’sBalakot, which was attacked by the IAF in February to avenge the terror attackon CRPF personnel in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, has been reactivated.General Rawat had further said that as many as 500 terrorists were waitingacross the border to infiltrate into the Indian territory. He had said thatsoon after the temperature starts falling, the terrorists would be pushed intothe Indian territory through areas which have less snow.

Earlier on September 23, what could have been a major terrorattack in Jammu and Kashmir was averted, when the security forces recovered atleast 40 kg of explosives along with other items from Jammu and Kashmir'sKathua region. The seizure was made during a search operation in Dewal villageof Dilawal area of Kathua.

As per reports, one person was arrested in the connection.Acting on a tip-off, the troops of Army's Intelligence Corps and Jammu andKashmir Police undertook a joint operation and conducted a search at asuspected location and recovered a cache of locally-made explosives.

Earlier in September, Border Security Force (BSF) sourceshad said that Pakistan is reportedly training a group of 50 JeM terrorists tocarry out a seaborne attack against India.