Srinagar, November 14
At least five infiltrators were killed when the Army foiled an infiltration bid in the Uri sector of Baramulla district today. A defence spokesman said here that the alert troops foiled the infiltration bid ensuing a gunfight with the armed militants in the Kalapahar area of Uri this afternoon.
Five of the infiltrators were killed in the encounter that concluded later this evening. The gunfight was over while the search to flush out any hiding militants was going on, the spokesman said. Those killed were yet to be identified.
Jammu (PTI): The security forces busted two militant hideouts and seized a large cache of ammunition and explosives, including grenades, in Poonch and Ramban districts, the police said today.
While the Rashtriya Rifles and the Territorial Army jointly busted a hideout in the Tindura belt of Poonch district yesterday, another was found by the security forces today in a forest near Banihal in Ramban district, a police spokesman said.
The seizures from the hideout in Poonch district included 35 rounds belted PIKA ammunition, 13 rounds of loose PIKA ammunition, an AK magazine, 26 rounds of AK ammunition and three Chinese grenades.The seizures from the hideout in Ramban district yielded two AK magazines, 89 rounds, two under barrel grenade launchers (UBGLs), five detonators and eight gelatin rods, the spokesman said.
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