Infiltration bid foiled, 4 militants killed

The Army said on Saturday its troops foiled an attack by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) on a patrol party along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Kashmir, killing 4 militants.

Troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in Rampur sector in the early hours, an army official said.

He said a firefight broke out between the infiltrators and the Army, resulting in elimination of four ultras.

A search operation was going on in the area, the official said. The BAT attack was effectively repulsed, the official said.

According to police sources, the bodies of the slain militants were lying in “no man's land” along the LoC.

Two Indian soldiers were beheaded in a BAT action in Krishnaghati sector of Poonch on May 1 which had triggered a strong reaction from India.

On Tuesday, the Army had said it launched “punitive fire assaults” on Pakistani positions across the LoC, inflicting “some damage”.

Army sources said the armed intruders infiltrated from a Pakistani post which is 200 metres from the LoC in the area.

They were spotted on the Indian side around 8:40 AM in South of Jhelum in the Uri sector and were neutralised at distance of 500 metres from the LoC in the Indian side, the sources said.