Infiltration bid foiled, 6 militants killed in J&K

In 2 days, as many as 10 heavily armed intruders and terrorists have been killed by the security forces

The Army on Saturday said that it killed six infiltrating militants in Rampur sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s northwestern Baramulla district.

The incident comes a day after the Army had said it stopped an infiltration attempt backed by the Pakistan Army along the de facto border by killing two intruders believed to be the members of a Pakistan Army’s Border Action Team (BAT).

“In two days, as many as ten heavily armed intruders and terrorists have been eliminated by the security forces in their mounted relentless operations to thwart attempts by Pakistan to boost terror activities from across the Line of Control,” said the Army’s Northern Command spokesman Colonel N.N. Joshi.

He said that a fierce fire fight is underway between infiltrating militants and the Army troops in Rampur sector and, so far, six of them have been killed.

“In this ongoing counter infiltration operation on the LoC, a group of six armed intruders was intercepted and eliminated,” the spokesperson said.

“Earlier on Friday, a Border Action Team action attempted on an Indian Army post by a group of heavily armed intruders through an area under control of a Pak Army post in the Uri sector, was successfully intercepted resulting in killing of two intruders whose identities are yet to be established,” Colonel Joshi added.

He also spoke about the encounter in which top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Sabzar Ahmed Bhat was along with, at least, one more militant Faizan Ahmed killed on Saturday morning.