Srinagar: A guerrilla was killed yesterday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district as the army foiled another infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LOC), officials said.
“Army foiled an infiltration bid and killed one militant while seriously injuring the other on the LOC in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara,” a defence spokesman said.
He said that based on inputs regarding movement of militants in the area, troops in Tangdhar were on alert and detected the movement of two militants on the Indian side of the boundary dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
The spokesman said heavy fog with intermittent rains delayed operations throughout Thursday, but by night the weather started to clear, and two militants were observed.
On being detected, the two opened fire at the troops.
“The retaliatory fire by the troops resulted in elimination of one terrorist and seriously injuring the other terrorist.
IANS
