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POONCH,May 26
Alert jawans of the Indian army on Saturday morning foiled a major infiltration bid
by a group of heavily armed militants in which one soldier was killed and another was critically wounded in Krishnagati sector in the border district of Poonch.
A Defence Ministry spokesman,Col. S.D.Goswami,said
here today "Indian troops opened fire when a group of
militants tried to sneak into Poonch sector from
across the LOC."He said that the troops came under
heavy from from the group of militants in Krishnaghati sector of
Poonch.In the exchange of
fire one soldier was killed and another one was injured.
The spokesman said that as a result of counter
offensive launched by the troops a major infiltration
bid was "foiled." He denied reports that the soldier
was killed in the exchange of fire between the Indian
and the Pakistani troops.He said the reports on
violation of four year old ceasefire on the LOC were
"baseless."
One police report said that Indian troops foiled
another infiltration bid in Keri sector of Rajouri. Militants,the
police said,tried to infiltrate into Rajouri sector by
opening fire on the troops guarding the border but the
retaliatory fire by the Indian soldiers forced the
rebels to withdraw to their camp across the LOC.(
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