Jammu: In the fourth infiltration bid in
a week, militants triggered a blast to cut into the border
fencing but BSF troops foiled their attempt after a fierce
gunbattle between the two sides in Akhnoor sector of Jammu
district in the wee hours on Monday.
Taking advantage of the dense fog in the area, a group
of militants triggered a blast near the border fencing in Alfa
Machel border outpost in Akhnoor, 35 kms from here, a senior
BSF official said.
BSF troops of 122 battalion fired at the infiltrating
militants and the subsequent gunbattle between the two sides
continued for over an hour. The militants then fled back.
As the fence has been cut, a major search operation
has been launched in the area to find out whether any militant
has managed to sneak in.
This is the fourth infiltration attempt along the
International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in a week.
The first infiltration bid this year was foiled by
BSF at Narianpur Border Out Post in Ramgarh sub-sector of
Samba district on January 4.
It was followed by another infiltration bid along Line
of Control (LoC) in Balakote area of Poonch district on
January 8.
A patrolling party of BSF also foiled another
infiltration bid after a brief firefight when militants after
cutting the fence had come inside in the forward area of
Garkhal in Pargwal belt of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district
yesterday.
PTI
