Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in an overnight encounter in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an Army official said today.
Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in an overnight encounter in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an Army official said today.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dadsara area of Tral on Wednesday night, following information about the presence of militants there, the official said.
The official said in the ensuing gunfight, three local militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed.
The Army on Thursday also foiled an infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kashmir, in which one ultra was killed while two soldiers sustained injuries. Two soldiers sustained injuries in the exchange of fire with the infiltrators, the official said adding both the jawans were evacuated to a hospital where their condition is stated to be stable. He said the operation was in progress till last reports came in.
In a related incident, a 30-metre-long tunnel from Pakistan to the Indian side was on Thursday detected by the Border Security Force (BSF) on the international border in the RS Pura sector of Jammu district.
“We have detected a well-constructed tunnel on International Border (IB) in RS Pura sector of Jammu district on Thursday,” a senior BSF officer said.
This is the fourth tunnel unearthed by the BSF in the region since 2012.
“We were carrying out our regular clearing operations, done monthly, when we found a well-constructed tunnel,” he said, adding that it was being dug out with JCB.
“We were suspecting some activities across the border. There were late night movements. People used to come late in night to the post across.”
The tunnel is approximately 10 feet below the ground and has a length of 30 metres from their end to this side, he said.
“But it was blocked on our side. It was dead end. It had no exit as they could not complete it further. It came close to the border fencing,” the officer said.
“One person can sit and easily move inside the tunnel which has came up in the vicinity of Allah-Mai-Di-Kothi BoP of ours from Pakistan Post of Afzal,” he said, adding that a probe was on.
