A terrorist was shot dead by the Indian Army troops while trying to infiltrate along the LoC in Poonch district early on Monday, a defence spokesman said.
Jammu-based Defence Public Relation Officer Lt Col Devender Anand said that an operation is underway in the area. “In the early hours of August 30, terrorists from across the Line of Control made an attempt to infiltrate in the Poonch sector. Alert Army troops detected the infiltration bid by effective use of the integrated surveillance grid in Poonch sector in the early hours of Monday,” the spokesman said.
Army troops thwarted the infiltration by firing at the terrorists and killing one. His body along with an AK-47 rifle has been retrieved.
“This action by alert Army troops displays the resolve of the Indian Army thwart any misadventure along the LoC,” Lt Col Devender Anand said.
