One militant was killed on Thursday when the Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A group of infiltrators was spotted in the Rampora Sector of Uri, more than 100 km north of Srinagar.
The militants made a bid to sneak into the Valley from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while taking advantage of the darkness early in the morning.
“Alert Army troops challenged the group. The militants opened indiscriminate fire. In retaliatory fire, a militant was killed,” said a Defence spokesman.
Search operation The Army said it had launched a combing operation in the nearby forest areas “to ensure no militant sneaks in”.
Security agencies fear a spike in the infiltration bids by militants ahead of winter, when snowfall blocks the mountain passes in Kashmir and makes it difficult to move around.
Call for heightened alert for Meanwhile, Governor N.N. Vohra, who had a meeting with Maj. Gen. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, GOC, 26 Infantry Division, has called for “heightened surveillance on all fronts considering the continuing attempts at infiltration, ceasefire violation and militant activities in the hinterland”.
