Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) was being violated by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) to provide cover to militants infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), stated Inspector General (IG), Border Security Force (BSF), Ajmal Singh, reports India Today on December 2. "Whenever there is infiltration, there is firing from the Pakistani side. The purpose of ceasefire violation is to facilitate infiltration but our forces are alert to ensure that there is no infiltration," IG, Singh, said. He further said there was no connection between the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 that provided special status to J&K and the increase in CFA violations following the Centre's move on August 5. "The situation along the border is fine and the ceasefire violations by Pakistan have no connection with the abrogation. This has been going on for many years now," he said. Singh said infiltration had reduced by a large extent but the launch pads across the LoC were active as militants were waiting to sneak in. "We do not have the exact figures of how many militants are there at the launching pads (on other side of Line of Control) but militants are there at these launching pads. They keep on making attempts to sneak in," he added.