Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 2: A 150 meters long tunnel which was recently discovered near a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwalla sector of Akhnoor tehsil was apparently aimed at infiltrating terrorists.
“Having failed to infiltrate terrorists across the Line of Control in the Jammu division, there was an attempt to construct a tunnel across the Line of Control (to facilitate infiltration)”, official sources said.
The tunnel, which was discovered on August 22 in Chakla area of Pallanwalla sector, was approximately 130 to 150 meters in length on own side of the LoC and originated on the Pakistan side.
The tunnel was approximately 20 feet below ground level and was four feet high.
Sources said that tunnel had been dug up with origin from Pakistan with a design probably to push in terrorists and carry out smuggling of weapons and drugs and narcotic substances to keep the pot of militancy boiling.
The alert Indian Army personnel deployed along the Line of Control in the sector thwarted the nefarious designs of the terrorists and prevented major terrorist incidents by discovering the tunnel before it could be completed, sources said.
The alert area domination patrol of the Indian Army noticed a depression in the ground and after investigating the same with ground penetrating radar and other equipment, discovered the tunnel on August 22.
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