Jammu, Aug. 11 -- The dark chapter of a demographic engineering conspiracy - one that has turned Jammu into a haven for illegal infiltrators - began unravelling piece by piece on Tuesday before the Navlekar Committee. On the second day of its visit, representatives of various social organizations briefed the panel, revealing how infiltrators had been systematically settled across Jammu division and in security-sensitive districts of Kashmir bordering Pakistan, with the collusion of elements within the system - and how they now pose a grave threat to national security.

The most alarming and cautionary picture emerged from Jammu division itself. Members of civil society detailed a sweeping transformation stretching from Jammu city all the wa...