One intruder turned into killed and others have been apprehended alongside the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir because the military foiled an infiltration bid through the armed insurgents throughout the intervening night time of Saturday and Sunday.
Confirming the incident, Jammu-primarily based totally defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand stated, “On Saturday, round 2215 hours (10:15 pm), alert troops deployed alongside the Line of Control in Poonch quarter found a suspicious motion of a institution (3 individuals) close to the location.”
“Around midnight, the institution crossed the LoC and commenced infiltrating into the Indian side. The troops constantly found the motion of the infiltrating institution. At approx 0200 hours (2 am) because the institution approached the fence, the alert troops challenged the infiltrators. The intruders commenced to run away however they have been engaged through fire, wherein one intruder turned into shot dead, even as the opposite controlled to run into the jungle,” stated Colonel Anand. The location turned into right away cordoned to save you their get away throughout the LoC, he stated, adding, a seek operation turned into carried quickly after.
“Search operation turned into released on Sunday and frame of 1 intruder turned into recovered from the stumble upon site. As the hunt improved withinside the jungle, one intruder turned into apprehended in a wounded condition. Subsequently, the 0.33 intruder turned into additionally apprehended,” he added.
The safety forces have additionally recovered 3 luggage with fourteen packets of narcotics weighing almost 17kg, notes of Pakistan currency, a few documents, and eatables. “During initial questioning, the 2 intruders claimed that they (all 3) are citizens of Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) and are citizens of Maidan Mohalla in Chanjal village ,” stated the spokesperson.
Earlier on April 3, police had seized a cache of hands and ammunition, suspected to had been dropped through a Pakistani drone, in Vijaypur villages alongside the border district of Samba in Jammu.The consignment turned into dropped near under-production All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Vijaypur.
Three China-made pistols, six magazines, forty eight bullets and 4 Chinese hand grenades have been recovered from the packet, stated police.
During the intervening night time of March 31 and April 1, Border Security Force (BSF) had additionally shot down a Pakistani drone alongside the worldwide border in Ramgarh quarter of Samba.
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