Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, May 26: Army today foiled Border Action Team (BAT) strike along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district killing two militants and recovering war like stores.
Army’s 4 JAKLI noticed suspicious movement at Khalanaji Nallah near Kaman Post at Gulotha along LoC in Uri sector at around 8.40 am today. Pakistan’s 31 Baloch Regiment is posted in the opposite side of the LoC near Kaman Post where the BAT action was foiled.
On noticing the movement, Army opened fire and killed two militants whose bodies were later recovered by Army during searches of the area. Sources said that there were 4-6 members of the team and they were wearing black Khan suits.
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The Commanding Officer of the 4-JAKLI Colonel Bhanwar Singh while giving details about the foiling of the BAT strike said that at around 8.40 hours, the Army foiled a BAT attempt along the LoC. “This is near our own Kaman Post where it took place. The BAT team had crossed around 400 metres inside the LoC. They were aiming to target our posts and the patrols. Their movement was picked by our alert troops. After picking up the movement, the fire fight ensued wherein two terrorists were eliminated by our troops. They were engaged by using UBGL, machine guns and other weapons which we have. We have recovered war like stores”, he said.
Colonel Singh said that the combing operation in the area is going on as Army expects that more militants may be present in the area. “We expect some more terrorists in the vicinity if it was a BAT team. Since the combing operation is on and the forest is thick it will take us some time to sanitise the area”, he said.
The Army officer said that the BAT tried to target Army posts near the LoC. “They tried to target our posts. We recovered huge quality of arms and ammunition from two terrorists and we have recovered the dead bodies”, he said.
The encounter took place in the morning. The posts where encounter took place is near our posts. Mostly in BAT action they target LoC posts”, he said.
Meanwhile, after receiving intelligence input about fresh infiltration last night, the Army’s 15 RR, 1/3GR and 21 BSF launched massive searches in Bohri Pathar areas of Keran. However, no traces of militants have been found yet.
Security forces tonight launched an operation in Tral area of Awantipora in Pulwama district tonight after they received inputs about presence of militants in the area. As 42 RR of Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) Tral and Awantipora cordoned off Saimu village in Tral area militants opened fire on them. Security forces strengthened the cordon and searches are going on.
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