Jammu: The Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled an attempt by a group of militants to intrude into this side “under the cover of Pakistani firing” from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu.
A defence spokesman based in Jammu, Lt Col Devender Anand said the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from 5:15 pm along the LoC in Poonch sector to facilitate an infiltration attempt by a group of militants.
The alert troops deployed at the border detected the movement and engaged the infiltrators with effective automatic fire, the officer said, adding that search and sanitisation operations were in progress.
Meanwhile, 3 soldiers were in alleged ceasefire violation and heavy shelling by Pakistan in Khari Karma’s sectors of Poonch, they have been identified as Sepoys Shivaji ji Bhosre, Ashish Singhan
And Abhishek Pise.
