BSF Inspector General for Jammu Frontier, DK Boora, said intelligence agencies have alerted the force of possible attempts by the "anti-national elements" from across the border to disrupt Republic Day celebrations.

"Keeping in view the forthcoming Republic Day and security situation to deal with any nefarious attempt of anti-national elements from across the border, troops of BSF Jammu frontier have been on high alert since last week," Boora said.

He also said the BSF has launched a number of operations along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC), including anti-drone exercises and those related to detecting tunnels.

"BSF is carrying out extensive drive to detect tunnels, besides special patrolling and depth area domination despite extremely hostile weather conditions. In order to strengthen the border domination, mobilisation of troops has been done. Regular monitoring of suspicious activities of counterpart is also being carried out through surveillance equipments," he added.