Jammu and Kashmir: 3 militants killed as forces foil 2 infiltration bids in Kupwara

Srinagar: Security forces shot dead three suspected foreign infiltrators close to the Line of control in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday.

Police said these successful operations are a result of perfect synergy between them and the army.

They said a close vigil is being maintained and more thrust has been on developing human intelligence regarding infiltration attempts from LoC at Kupwara.

Giving details, a police spokesman said that specific inputs were developed on Tuesday about simultaneous infiltration attempts from the Karnah sector and Kumkadi in the Machil sector in Kupwara district and were shared with concerned army units and joint ambushes of Police and Army were deployed.

He said at Kumkadi, suspicious movement was detected around 7.30 PM on Wednesday shortly after which firing commenced which carried on till early this morning

As the operation in Kumkadi was going on, suspicious movement was detected in the Karnah sector around 9 PM on Wednesday shortly after which firing commenced there as well which continued into early morning hours.

“Upon search conducted in the morning at both locations - two dead bodies were sighted at Kumkadi while one body was sighted at the Karnah encounter site,” the spokesman said.

Police said further search operations are ongoing.

This year six counter infiltration operations have been conducted in Kupwara district which has now resulted in the total count of terrorists killed to 10 - all foreign terrorists.

The infiltration bids were foiled at a time when J&K is gearing up for the three-phased Assembly polls that are being held after a gap of ten years.