Activities in ‘suspected homes’ have been picked up of Army's surveillance and also human intelligence, reports India Today on January 13. The Indian Army has suspected that some civilian homes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are being used as terror launch pads. Additional deployment of Special Service Group(SSG) commandos of Pakistan has been made around civilian homes in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to assist shallow raids backed by heavy calibre escalation. The Indian Army has been monitoring activities and movements in these ‘suspected houses’ that have increased recently. As the higher reaches of J&K are covered under snow the focus has shifted to the south of Peerpanjal range. Areas like Nowshera, Sunderbani, Krishna Ghati, Bhimber Gali and Poonch have remained tense with frequent shelling and skirmishes."There are many civilian houses being used as launch pad. We are aware of these and have identified them. These are used by Pakistan to assist infiltrations. Villages in PoK hugging the LoC (Line of Control) are used by Pakistan as defence works," Lt Gen Harsha Gupta, General Officer commanding the Nagrota based 16 Corp of the Indian Army said.