An exchange of fire took place between terrorists and army officials along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir”s Poonch in which two militants were eliminated
Indian Army and Jammu & Kashmir police foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district in which two terrorists were eliminated.
This came after an exchange of fire took place between terrorists and army officials along the LoC and additional forces were rushed to the area.
A search operation by the Indian Army and J&K Police is underway in Poonch after suspicious movement was observed at LoC.
“Operation Bahadur #Poonch Sector. Major Infiltration Bid Eliminated in a joint operation by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice during the night of 17 Jul 23 in Poonch Sector. Two infiltrator have been eliminated. Search operations are in Progress,” police said.
Police also recovered arms and ammunition from the possession of the infiltrators.
Last week, a terrorist was killed after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC in J&K’s Rajouri district. Alert troops detected suspicious movement of a group of terrorists near the LoC in the Nowshera sector on Monday night, defence spokesperson Lt Col Suneel Bartwal said.