Srinagar: Security forces launched a massive search operation near the Line of Control (LoC) in the woods in the Keran sector in the north Kashmir district of Kupwara, after some suspicious movement was noticed early this morning. Meanwhile, search operations in the Uri and Naugam sectors were also going on since September 20 when troops foiled two infiltration bids from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
A soldier had lost his life in the Naugam encounter before the militants escaped. Official sources said security forces guarding LoC in Keran sector noticed some suspicious movement early this morning. Security forces opened fire towards the area, but there was no return fire. Additional security forces were rushed from nearby camps and a massive search operation has been launched in the dense woods.
However, Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman deployed in the area was not available to give details about the incident. Meanwhile, defense ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told UNI that a search operation by troops was going on in Uri and Naugam sectors since September 20. However, so far no contact was made with the militants, he said.
Troops guarding the LoC are already on high alert to foil any infiltration bid from POK, where more than 200 militants are waiting to sneak into this side before the higher reaches are closed due to snowfall. Eighteen soldiers were killed and as many were injured in a Fidayeen attack on Army Brigade headquarter at Uri. However, all the four militants who stormed into the headquarter were also killed in the encounter which ensued at 0500 hrs on September 18.
Pak national arrested near a bordering village in Jammu
A Pakistani national was today nabbed from a bordering village close to the international border in this winter capital of the state. "One Qayoom,35, son of Bhag Ali, resident of Sialkot, Pakistan was apprehended this morning by BSF from Check Post Number 21 in village Rajpura of Pargwal," police here said. They said he was taken into custody while one Nokia company mobile with two SIM cards were recovered from his possession. "He is being questioned," police said. (UNI)