SRINAGAR: Four militants were killed while trying to infiltrate from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as alert army troops foiled three bids by terrorists to enter into India in the wee hours today.
The army, which has shored up its defences along the LoC, foiled three infiltration bids — two in Naugam sector and one in Rampur — of North Kashmir during the intervening night of October five and six.
In one of the encounters in the higher reaches of Naugam, 112 kms from here, the troops cornered a group of infiltrating militants and have killed four so far, a senior army official said.
The official said a combing operation was continuing amid apprehension about presence of more terrorists in the area. Technical surveillance was being maintained, besides using illuminators to prevent the militants, who could be present, from escaping under the cover of darkness.
The army repulsed two infiltration bids in Rampur and Naugam, raining bullets on the militants and forcing them to return to PoK.
The militants, who had managed to cross the fence, had to beat a retreat after army patrols challenged and opened heavy fire on them.
Pakistani army provided cover fire on both the occasions but the militants had to retreat, the official said. (AGENCIES)
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