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| Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdar, three army personnel, 1 militant killed | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 25: Three army personnel and a militant got killed in an encounter near the Line of Control (LoC) at Tangdhar sector in frontier district of Kupwara in North Kashmir. The operation was going on when last reports came in.
Reports reaching here said that army personnel posted near the LoC in the Tangdhar sector found some suspicious movement in the jungle area. The army personnel challenged the persons and in return the persons who turned out to be militants fired upon the army personnel. There was exchange of fire which was going when this report was filed.
There are reports that a group of militants who wanted to intrude from the other side had to retreat following the shootout. As the group of militants could not infiltrate they had to return to their launching pad located across the Line of Control. One militant got killed but in the process three army personnel also lost their lives. One army jawan is said to be injured in the incident.
Srinagar based defence spokesman, Lt Col N N Joshi in a press statement said that a patrol of a forward Battalion led by a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), moving close to the LoC in the area of Tangdhar intercepted an infiltrating group of militants.
"In the heavy exchange of fire that followed, the infiltrating group was beaten back leaving behind one dead militant from whom one AK-47, one Pistol and other administrative items were recovered. During the firefight, four jawans sustained injuries of which three succumbed and one is out of danger. As per last reports, the operation is still in progress," said the defence spokesman.
Today's infiltration bid comes just few days after the recent two day visit of the state by Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. During his visit the Defence Minister visited some of the forward areas in the Jammu division. He paid a visit to highest battlefield in the world the Siachen glacier and interacted with jawans at Leh in Ladakh region.
It would be in place to mention here that army officials have been maintaining that infiltration bids are likely to increase once the snow starts melting on the mountains and the higher reaches. It has also been said that scores of militants are waiting for an opportunity to sneak in from the other side of LoC. As such the coming months would be a challenge for the army personnel to thwart any infiltration attempts being carried out by militants. |
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