Army foils Infiltration bid along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, 2 killed

Two terrorists were killed after Army and police foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday. An exchange of fire took place between terrorists and army officials along the LoC and additional forces were rushed to the area.

A search operation by the Indian Army and J&K Police is underway in Poonch after suspicious movement was observed at LoC.

“Operation Bahadur #Poonch Sector. Major Infiltration Bid Eliminated in a joint operation by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice during the night of 17 Jul 23 in Poonch Sector. Two infiltrator have been eliminated. Search operations are in Progress,” police said.

“Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district,” a defence spokesperson told news agency PTI. The infiltration bid was foiled in the joint operation which is still underway, he said. Police also recovered arms and ammunition from the possession of the infiltrators.

Last week, a terrorist was killed after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC in J&K’s Rajouri district. Alert troops detected suspicious movement of a group of terrorists near the LoC in the Nowshera sector on Monday night, defence spokesperson Lt Col Suneel Bartwal

The movement of the infiltrators was kept under constant observation and when they reached near the fencing, they were challenged and a gunfight ensued, he said.

One terrorist was seen falling near the LoC while two others were injured and they were seen taking cover in the jungle, the spokesperson said.

War-like stores, including one AK 47 rifle, three AK magazines with 175 rounds, one 9 mm pistol, two magazines with 15 rounds, four hand grenades, communication equipment, and a large quantity of eatables and clothing, were recovered, he said.

The Army had launched a massive search operation along the LoC two days ago to thwart the infiltration attempts by terrorists, the spokesperson said.

In another incident, terrorists on Thursday shot at and injured three non-local labourers in J&K’s Shopian district. The area was cordoned off and a hunt was launched to nab the attackers.