Army foils infiltration bid, kills five militants in north Kashmir
Jammu, Jan 15 (IBNS): Army claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid by killing five militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday.
Speaking to IBNS, Defence spokesman Rajesh Kalia, in Srinagar, said on tip of information an infiltration bid was foiled by the alert forces in Dulajna Uri sector.
When challenged and asked to surrender, the militants opened indiscriminate firing with automatic weapons, they said, adding that security forces also retaliated ensuing a fierce encounter.
"Five militants were killed in the ongoing operation", Kalia said.
An operation is still in progress.
Director General of Police (DGP), Dr S P Vaid, said that the Army, state police and Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) launched a joint operation at Dulajna, Uri, early this morning after a group of militants infiltrated into this side from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
(Reporting by Saleem Qadri)
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