ARMY GUNS DOWN 2 BAT PERSONNEL IN J&K’S URI
The Indian army said its troops foiled an attack from across the border on a patrol party along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Kashmir on Friday, killing two personnel of Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT). Officials said that an army patrol spotted suspicious movement along the Line of Control and took up positions.
ARMY HAS HELD THE BAT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KILLING AND BEHEADING OF 2 INDIAN SOLDIERS IN POONCH SECTOR OF KASHMIR ON MAY 1
SRINAGAR: The Indian Army said its troops foiled an attack from across the border on a patrol party along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Kashmir on Friday, killing two personnel of Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT).
Officials said that an army patrol spotted suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) and took up positions.
“BAT action against Indian army patrol along the LoC in Uri sector foiled. Two BAT terrorists killed. Operation continues,” said army’s Srinagarbased spokesman Rajesh Kalia.
The army recovered weapons from the killed BAT members.
The Pakistan army’s elite special services group forms the core of BAT, which is notorious for gruesome attacks across the de facto border between the two countries.
Its primary task is to dominate the Line of Control by carrying out disruptive actions in the form of surreptitious raids.
The raiding members of BAT are specially instructed not be caught on the Indian side. Defence experts say that BAT employs highly-trained terrorists for Trans- LoC action up to a depth of 1 to 3km.
Defence officials have said that the unit is a mix of regular Pakistani soldiers and militants. Islamabad, however, has refuted the claim.
The army has held the BAT responsible for the killing and beheading of two Indian soldiers on frontier posts in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 1.
The gruesome incident had triggered outrage in India with defence minister Arun Jaitley vowing “appropriate reaction”.
Days after the incident, the Indian army on May 23 said it launched “punitive fire assaults” on Pakistani positions across the LoC, inflicting “serious damage”.
It released a 22-second video apparently showing some structures being reduced to rubble amid plumes of smoke.
Defence experts say that Pakistani BAT beheads and mutilate the bodies of Indian soldiers to terrorise troops and wage psychological warfare.
The SSG commandos and terrorists of BAT mainly use AK-47 rifles, Swiss-made snow clothing and snow boots, Digital Navigation Consoles like Skype and VoIP.