Two jawans martyred as Army foils infiltration bid in J&K's Naugam, two terrorists killed

New Delhi: Two soldiers were martyred and two terrorists were killed in a gunfight which erupted when the security forces foiled an infiltration bid close to the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Naugam sector.

The fatalities occurred when the jawans engaged a group of infiltrators near the LoC in Naugam sector, media reports said.

"In an operation to foil infiltration, two jawans made the supreme sacrifice in Naugam, Kupwara. Two terrorists were also killed in the encounter," TOI quoted an Army spokesperson as saying, adding the operation is still on.

He said that in an earlier incident during the day, a jawan was injured when he accidentally stepped on a mine on the LoC in Poonch district.

"While on routine patrolling last evening in Mendhar Sector of Poonch, a soldier stepped accidentally on a drifted mine," the spokesman added.

He said that "the soldier was wearing mine protected shoes and he has suffered a healed fracture".

Meanwhile, security forces recovered a cahce of arms and ammunition in north Kashmir's Kupwara district during a search operation.

During the search operation by the Army at Freshitring Nard in Keran area of the district, two AK rifles, two UBGLs, two pistols, twenty pistol magazines, 20 AK magazines, 600 AK rounds, 27 pistol rounds, one tracer, one knife, wire and a binocular have been recovered, a police official said.

A case has been registered in this regard, he added. 

Earlier this month, the notorious Border Action Team (BAT) of the Pakistani Army had mutilated the bodies of two Indian soldiers in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district.

The martyred soldiers were Paramjeet Singh and Prem Sagar.

Both were part of a patrol team when they were attacked by Pakistan's BAT.