The Army on Monday foiled a major infiltration bid in north Kashmir’s Keran sector in Kupwara district killing a heavily armed militant and repulsing other members of his group, Defence authorities claimed here. The infiltrators were waylaid in a rivulet 20-25 metres ahead of fencing along the line of Control.
A Defence spokesman said that intelligence agencies had alerted the Army regarding possibility of infiltration from across the loC in Keran sector. “The alert troops deployed on the fence in Shalabato area immediately brought accurate fire on the terrorists with multi-grenade launchers, claymore mines and small arms resulting in elimination of one terrorist on the spot and causing grievous injuries to others,” a Defence spokesman said.
The terrorists fled across the loC leaving the body behind along with large quantity of war like stores. Search operations by the troops in the area were continuing. “Body of one of the terrorists, two AK-47 rifles and three rucksacks have been recovered from the site,” he said.