Army launches massive search operation to locate and defuse bombs, IEDs along LoC

Jammu: The Army on Friday launched a massive search operation to locate and defuse live bombs and IEDs planted along the Line of Control (LoC).

According to ANI, the operation has been launched in Rajouri's Nowshera sector.

J&K: Indian Army launched a massive search operation to locate live bombs and IEDs along LoC in Rajouri's Nowshera sector; Live bombs and IEDs were defused by Indian Army to avert casualties (4.1.18) pic.twitter.com/RUnOXUONYP — ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2018

The operation to detect and defuse live bombs and IEDs will help the Army in preventing casualties.

#WATCH Indian Army launched a massive search operation to locate live bombs and IEDs along LoC in Rajouri's Nowshera sector,J&K (Jan 4) pic.twitter.com/xrbnjjYqQX

— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2018

Several live bombs and IEDs have been successfully defused so far by the security forces.

Live bombs and IEDs have been secretly planted along the LoC by Pakistan-trained infiltrators with an aim to foment trouble for the security forces guarding the international borders.

The move comes in the wake of fresh incidents of cross-border infiltration by a large number of Pakistan-backed terrorists.

The Army has in the recent past stepped up its counter-terrorism measures and eliminated many wanted terrorists, in a big setback to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Toiba.