J&K: Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in Baramulla, kills 3 terrorists; Pak fires during body retrieval

An infiltration bid was foiled in morning hours of Saturday along LoC in Uri Sector, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla. Three terrorists were gunned down, said the Indian Army.

As per ANI, the army said that three terrorists tried to infiltrate and were engaged by alert troops.

“Two terrorists were eliminated and their bodies recovered, the third terrorist was killed, but the retrieval of the body was interfered by the Pakistan post in the vicinity, on LoC,” the army said.

#UPDATE | J&K | In a joint operation launched by the Indian Army, J&K Police and Intelligence agencies, an infiltration bid was foiled today in the morning hours along LoC in Uri Sector, Baramulla. 3 terrorists tried to infiltrate and were engaged by alert troops. 2 terrorists…

— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2023

Earlier on Saturday, a joint operation was launched by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Intelligence agencies in forward area of Uri, Hathlanga in Baramulla district.

The encounter in Baramulla comes at a time when an operation is underway in Anantnag for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday to neutralise terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area in a hilly terrain.

On Friday, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror module was unearthed in Baramulla district with the arrest of two terror associates - Zaid Hassan Malla, a resident of Mir Sahib Baramulla, and Mohammad Arif Channa, from Stadium Colony Baramulla.

Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the arrested duo.

“They were involved in cross-border smuggling of arms and ammunition at the behest of Pakistan-based terror handlers and its further distribution to LeT terrorists for carrying out terror activities," the spokesperson said.

In Anantnag, security forces have deployed drones to pinpoint the hideouts of terrorists.

Additional Director General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said the operation was launched based on specific input and the two to three trapped terrorists will be neutralised.

One more soldier succumbed to injuries on Friday taking the toll to four. Colonel Manpreet Singh, the commanding officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Aashish Dhonchak, from the same battalion, and DSP Humayun Muzamil Bhat were killed on Wednesday.

With inputs from agencies