Army foils infiltration bid in Nowgam sector Two militants killed, arms and ammunition recovered

SRINAGAR  JULY (PTK) The Army on Saturday claimed to have foiled infiltration bid by killing two militants along Line of Control in Nowgam Sector in northern Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference GOC 19 DIV Virinder Vats said, “In early hours of Saturday morning, soliders along Line of Control in Nowgam Sector detected suspicious movement originating from Pakistani posts in the area appropriate action by troops on ground was taken to eliminate the two militant who were trying to infiltrate into our area.

The heavily armed militants dressed in combat fatigues had taken the route through Pakistan Army posts deployed opposite, which clearly indicates Pakistan complicity and abetment to fomenting militancy in India”.

In a clean and timely operation, two militants were killed and wo AK assault rifles with twelve filled magazines, one Pistol with two magazines, four grenades and radio-sets. In addition, large quantity of food items medicines and Rs 1 48 Lakhs in Indian and Pakistani currency were recovered from them.

The search operations are still underway in the Sector to sanitise the area”,he said, adding that such infiltration bids have been foiled in Rajouri and Kupwara area also in recent past.(PTK)