Two terrorists were killed after a suspicious movement was detected along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Thursday evening.
The development came as the troops on the border engaged in a heavy firefight with the terrorists, thus foiling an infiltration attempt
Alert Army troops picked up the movement of the terrorists trying to sneak into this side from across the LoC in the Khari Karmara area, leading to a gunfight between the two sides
Several weapons and war-like stores were recovered from the slain terrorists as a search operation was launched in the area.
On January 25, Army troops exchanged fire with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, as a massive search operation was launched to trace out the ultras who fled after the initial fire-fight.
The alert sentry post of a temporary Army camp in Batod panchayat detected the movement of suspected terrorists at around 1.20 am and opened fire.
They said the terrorists fired back and the intermittent exchange of fire continued between the two sides for nearly half an hour.
