Army foils intrusion bid in Poonch, terrorist killed
Jammu, May 13 -- Indian Army on Tuesday foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and eliminated an intruder, officials said.
The incident took place along the LoC in the Krishna Ghati forward area when alert troops detected a group of infiltrating terrorists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) inside Indian territory and challenged them, triggering a gun battle, they said.
Nagrota based White Knight Corps relayed the information on social media site X.
"Acting on persistent surveillance, suspicious movement was detected approximately 300 metres inside own territory in the general area of #KrishnaGhati Sector, #Poonch, along the #LoC at around 4 PM today," it stated.
Troops swiftly responded and foiled the infiltration bid, ensuring no breach of the LoC, the army said, adding thatone intruder has been neutralised.
The army stated that its troops continued to dominate the area and maintain a high state of operational readiness across the sector.
Sources said the intruder, suspected to be linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, was trying to infiltrate into this side of the border near Bicho Post in Mankote.
On Monday, the GOC of the White Knight Corps, Lt Gen PK Mishra had visited operational areas in general area Surankote in the Poonch sector to review the prevailing security situation and ongoing counter-terrorism operations....
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