Srinagar, June 22
An unidentified militant was killed in a gunfight as Army on Thursday claimed to have foiled infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier district of Kupwara.
The militant was killed in Keran sector, over 150 km from Srinagar, when militants were intercepted by Army in the forest area late Wednesday.
Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said operation in the Keran sector was going on.
“Infiltration bid has been foiled in Keran sector. One terrorist has been killed so far and one weapon was recovered. The operation is in progress,” the spokesman said
Earlier this month, Army foiled multiple infiltration attempts from Uri, Nowgam, Machil and Gurez sector along the LoC in Kashmir region and killed at least 13 militants who were trying to sneak into the Valley.
