Alert BSF jawans deployed along the line of control (loC) in Rajouri on Tuesday foiled a major infiltration bid by a heavily armed group of terrorists by eliminating one of them and forcing the three others to retrieve inside the PoK territory.
Since November 29,2016 BSF has successfully foiled 11 infiltration bids/suspicious movements on International Border and 15 on line of Control under Jammu region.
According to Inspector General, BSF Jammu frontier Ram Awtar, “Alert BSF troops of 163 Bn deployed along the line of control in Keri sector of Rajouri had observed suspicious movement of 3-4 militants moving towards the fence around 12.30 am”.
IG BSF said, “The BSF sentries immediately alerted the nearby duty points and also simultaneously kept the movement & the entire area under close observation. As the militants approached the lC fence, one of them tried to negotiate it. To prevent him from damaging the fence the alert BSF troops brought down effective fire on them”.
The militants, in response opened up fire with automatic weapons and also fired UBGl grenades on the BSF troops deployed on the duty points along the fence.
“In the heavy exchange of fire one of the militant was neutralised at the fence itself. Due to the effective firing by the BSF troops, the other three militants were unable to move further and retreated back towards POK taking the advantage of the darkness as well as undulating ground”, IG told reporters here at BSF headquarters.
As they were escaping, it could be observed that one of slain / injured militant was also being dragged along. After that, the area was kept under close and intense surveillance throughout the night.
At first light BSF party carried out thorough search and mopping up of the entire area in cautious manner.The dead body of slain militant was also retrieved after following necessary safety drills.