A day after India decided to send External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on October 15-16, alert troops of the Indian army Saturday foiled an infiltration bid along the line of control in which two Pakistani terrorists were killed in the North Kashmir district of Kupwara.
A joint operation was launched by the Indian army along with the special operations group of the Jammu and Kashmir police in the forward areas of Gugaldhar, Kupwara based on intelligence inputs about a possible infiltration bid late Friday evening.
The troops, after noticing the suspicious movement, challenged the heavily armed group of infiltrators which resulted in a heavy exchange of firing. Two terrorists were neutralised in the ongoing operations.
Confirming the same, Srinagar-based China Corps posted on X, “The security forces have eliminated two terrorists in the ongoing Operation Gugaldhar. War-like stores have been recovered. The search of the area is underway and the operation is in progress”.
So far 16 terrorists have been eliminated in various anti-terrorist/anti-infiltration operations in Kashmir valley this year.
The number of active terrorists has also come down to 80 in the region.
At the same time, troops continue to remain in a state of high alert to foil infiltration bids from across the line of control as several launch pads remain active in the area.
