Two heavily armed terrorists were reportedly gunned down by the alert troops of the Indian Army along the line of Control in Poonch sector in the two-day long operation.
The alert troops had first detected the suspicious movement of the terrorists along the Betar Nallah in the wee hours of Tuesday. The area was kept under surveillance over two long days to ensure the terrorists were not able to retreat back in to the PoK.
As the cordon was tightened in the forward area the troops managed to engage one of the terrorists.
While one terrorist was eliminated on Tuesday afternoon the second one was eliminated on Wednesday.
Jammu based Defence PRO, lt Col Munish Mehta said, “The bodies of the slain terrorists along with their weapons continue to lie on the line of Control.”
He said the infiltration bid was foiled close on the heels of terrorist strike on GREF camp in Battal village of Akhnoor where three civilian labourers were killed and one of them was injured.
Defence PRO maintained the army is keeping a strict vigil and is prepared to thwart the nefarious designs of the Pakistan sponsored terrorists.
According to lt Col Mehta, Director General Border Roads Organisation lt-Gen Suresh Sharma also visited Project Sampark and interacted with Chief Engineer Project Sampark to review the overall security of GREF detachments.
He visited Battal Camp site and met the injured labourer. The General officer also visited the Kalai Bridge in Poonch which is under completion and drove on Surankote-Bafliaz-Thanamandi-Rajouri road to get first hand information as this road is gateway to Mughal road and is under upgradation to double lane.