An infiltration bid has been foiled at Nowshera in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir as the Indian Army killed at least two terrorists on Monday. A massive search operation is underway in the region as the forces suspect that at least a couple of terrorists were hit in the crossfire. Officials said that the area was illuminated and kept under strict surveillance before a search was launched.
“Based on inputs from intelligence agencies and Jammu & Kashmir Police regarding a likely infiltration bid, an anti-infiltration Operation was launched by Indian Army on the intervening night of 08-09 Sep 24 in general area Lam, Nowshera. Two terrorists have been neutralized and a large quantity of war-like stores including Two AK-47s and one Pistol thus far recovered. The search operation is in progress”, wrote White Knight Corps on X.
The development comes just days before assembly polls are to be held in the Union territory, the first such exercise here since December 2014 and five years after both the abrogation of Article 370 from the Constitution of India, and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories: J&K and Ladakh.
On September 3, a group of terrorists fired a few shots at the Army during a search operation and then fled the scene. No one was injured in this incident.
Another encounter occurred in Rajouri in the last week of August when the Army targeted a suspected terrorist hideout in the Lathi area. In July, one jawan was injured after terrorists attacked a security post in the Gundha area of the same district.
The infiltration attempt and the encounters come ahead of the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which will be held in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1. Results are expected to be declared on October 4.
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