Army Soldier Injured In Encounter With Terrorists Trying To Cross LoC In J-K's Poonch, Search Op Underway

After 4 infiltrators were gunned down by security forces, another exchange of fire ensued with terrorists who were attempting to cross the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

An Indian Army soldier was injured in an exchange of fire with terrorists who were attempting to cross the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir This comes after four terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Machil sector the previous day. According to news agency PTI, officials said that the encounter took place in the forward Ranger Nallah area of the Gulpur sector late on Friday night

The Indian soldiers noticed at least three heavily armed terrorists attempting to infiltrate India under the cover of thick foliage and darkness.

A soldier was injured in the brief firing and the terrorists managed to slip into the nearby dense forest. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and a massive search operation is underway to trace and neutralise the terrorists, the officials said, as per PTI. 

On Friday, the security forces killed four infiltrators and also recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition, and narcotics-like substances from the scene of the gun battle in the Machhil sector of the Kupwara district.

Detailing the operation, a defence spokesman informed that the army detected suspicious movement in the Kala Jungle of the Machil sector during the intervening night of June 22 and June 23. The terrorist movement was tracked during the night. At around 04:30 hours, four terrorists were spotted crossing the Line of Control from Pakistan. They were engaged upon coming in effective range by the ambush parties, PTI reported him as saying.

An intense firefight ensued, resulting in the elimination of all four terrorists, without any harm to our troop, he said.    

The spokesman informed that nine AK series rifles, three pistols, four grenades, 288 AK and pistol rounds, 55 suspected narcotics packets, and other huge quantities of war-like stores were recovered.  

"The recovery of large amounts of war-like stores, including substantial narcotics material, to be used for terror funding indicates the vicious plan of Pakistan to utilise terrorists to derail the existing peace in Kashmir Valley. This successful operation is a big blow to the narco funding and other plans of the terrorists," he added, as per PTI.