Preliminary investigations into Friday's terrorist attack on the 31 Field Regiment camp of the army at Mohra in Uri the reveal that the six fidayeens were pushed into India by the Pakistan army from the Cham launching pad along the Line of Control (LoC) a few days ago.

Eight soldiers and three policemen died in the attack. All the six terrorists were also gunned down.

Each fidayeen was armed to the teeth and were carrying food packets, dry fruits, medicines and dry batteries, which bore Pakistani markings. The food packets contained the popular Pakistani brand Sooper.

The attacks were aimed at counter democracy and drew criticisms from foreign countries. The US and Germany condemned the attacks

Each fidayeen was given 10 grenades each, besides AK 47 rifles and lots of magazines and ammunition, which indicated that they were for a long haul. The army recovered 32 live grenades from the slain militants. Six AK assault rifles with 55 magazines, two shotguns and four radio sets were also recovered.

"You can well imagine how much damage it would have caused, had these grenades were used or exploded on their own," said an officer.

Sources say militants might have conducted a recce of the area before mounting the attack in the dead of the night, thus inflicting huge casualties on the security forces. They were also equipped with two state-of-the-art night vision binoculars.

After entering the camp, the terrorists divided themselves into small groups and took shelter in underground trenches and bunkers of the army. The army had to hurl grenades into these bunkers to neutralise them.

The attack coincided with the Jamat-ud-Dawa convention in Lahore. Hundreds of people had converged for the convention held by Lashkar founder and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohommad Sayeed, prime accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack.

In New Delhi, intelligence sources said such a pinpointed and co-ordinated attack could not have taken place without the knowledge and help of the Pakistani army and the ISI. It was deliberately perpetrated to run down democracy, they said.

In the first phase of polls, J&K saw a record 72% turnout. It's expected to be high in the remaining phases as well.

"This shows that at least a part of the Pakistani establishment wants collateral damage to take place in Kashmir," said sources.

A big worry for the Indian security establishment now is how to prevent further attacks, especially when the BJP is sticking to its plans to hold rallies in the state, including one to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, according to sources, has held a series of meetings with various security and intelligence wings.