GNS ONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD
RAJOURI, JULY 17 :–Within a week Indian Army foiled a second major infiltration bid by the Pakistan- sponsored terror groups and killed one terrorist in the midnight operation in the Chakan-da-Bagh area of the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district.
Four terror attacks since 1 January 2023–in which 9 civilians and 10 soldiers were killed at Dhangri, Bhata-Dhurian, and Kandi forest, and now executing infiltration bids– clearly indicate that Pakistan is trying its best to revive terrorism and disturb peace in the Rajouri-Poonch border districts of Jammu province.
PRO (Defence) Jammu, Lt Col Suneel Bartwal said that in a joint operation by troops of Indian Army and J&K Police, a major infiltration bid was eliminated on the intervening night of July 16 & 17 in Krishna Ghati sector in district Poonch in which one terrorist was killed on the spot while another injured was observed falling in the Poonch River.
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“Movement of terrorists was observed near the Poonch River moving from across the line of Control (LoC) towards own side. Alert troops of Indian Army and J&K Police established anti infiltration posture in multiple tiers to prevent any terrorist from escaping,” said PRO.
He added, in the early hours of the morning contact was established which led to heavy volume of fire being exchanged. In the ensuing fire fight two terrorists were hit. One of the terrorist fell on the spot while the other terrorist was observed falling in the Poonch River.
In a deliberate and massive search operation body of one terrorist has been recovered from the site along with war-like stores, including one AK 74 rifle with magazine, eleven rounds, and other stores for sustenance.
The Security Forces continue to remain alert on the Line of Control and is fully prepared to thwart such attempts in the future too.
It is pertinent to mention here that a similar infiltration bid was made by a group of 3-4 Pakistan-sponsored terrorists from the Kalal area of the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on the intervening night of July 10 & 11.
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One unidentified terrorist was killed while the blood traces of other injured terrorists towards PoJK side were found by the Indian troops during a search of the area in the morning on July 11.
Meanwhile, contact with terrorists was also established in the evening hours in the Sindhra-Maidana area near Surankot town in Poonch district.
In this connection, White Knight Corps Tweet reads: “Based on specific intelligence a joint cordon & search operation (CASO) was launched in general area Sindarah & Maidana near Surankote tehsil # Poonch by troops of #Indian Army and # SOG,@JmuKmrPolice. Contact established. Intense firefight ongoing, area cordoned, operation in progress”.
Till the filing of this report, no further detail was made available about this operation.