Indian Army foils infiltration bid, kills 3 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri

Jammu: Security forces on Monday (June 1) foiled an infiltration bid and killed at least three terrorists along the Line of Control in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to initial reports, the incident took place in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri on Monday morning. 

A group of terrorists attempted to sneak into this side from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of Monday but were intercepted by the alert troops near the Nowshera sector, triggering a gunfight. The terrorists were killed as the Indian Army successfully foiled their infiltration attempt.

The Army officials said bodies of all the three terrorists were found by the search parties on Monday morning but could not be retrieved due to close proximity of the enemy posts and the lurking threat of firing during any attempt to recover them.

However, a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including two AK assault rifles with 13 filled magazines, a US-make M-16A2 rifle with six filled magazines, a 9-MM Chinese pistol, an Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) with six grenades, five hand grenades and two knives, was recovered during the operation, the officials said.

In addition, they said, a large quantity of food items, medicines and Rs 17,000 in Indian currency was recovered from the rucksacks which were found left abandoned by the terrorists while trying to flee back in the face of the heavy firing by the Indian Army.

The area is still under domination and operations are in progress, the officials said.