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| Foiled infiltration bid: BSF | | Day after I-Day: Ultra killed in Pulwama enconter, another held in Doda ammunition recovered in Poonch, Reasi | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: A day after Pakistani troops offered sweets to their Indian counterparts on the eve of Independence Day, there was the turn of exchange of fire on the International Border near here. It could not be learnt till late this evening whether engaged in firing from other side were the Rangers or the militants planning to sneak in.
Meanwhile, after peaceful and incident-free Independence Day celebrations, Sunday was an unpleasant day across the state with reports of various militancy related incidents.
There was an exchange of fire between suspected infiltrators and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on the border with Pakistan in Ramgarh sector near Jammu, officials said on Sunday.
According to BSF officials, there was some movement noticed by the guards late on Saturday night near the barbed wire fence erected to prevent intrusion inside the Indian territory. "The BSF troopers challenged and as result there was firing from a suspected group of intruders," an official said.
The firing continued for two to three hours, the official said. "We assume that the intruders escaped back into Pakistan but we are conducting searches," he said. Unconfirmed reports say that a portion of barbed wire fence was cut, suggesting possible intrusion. But BSF officials refused to comment.
The security forces including BSF, army and police are conducting extensive searches and alert has been sounded on the Jammu-Pathankot highway. Ramgarh sector is 15 km from the highway
Inspector General of Border Security Force, Jammu frontier, AK Surolia said that alert jawans of the BSF foiled a major infiltration bid by a big group of heavily armed militants along the International border in Samba sector early Sunday morning. “A big group of heavily armed militants had attempted to infiltrate and targeted forward Indian border post, Ballad in Samba sector but the infiltration bid was foiled by the alert jawans guarding the forward post..
The senior BSF officer said, the Indian forward posts in the area had also come under heavy fire from across the International border. “We do not know who opened fire on Indian border posts.We are ascertaining whether the group of militants had opened fire on the Indian forward posts or Pakistani rangers provided cover fire from their nearby posts,” AK Surolia said .
In response to another question the BSF officer said that the BSF officials would be meeting their Pakistani counterparts during the flag meeting, which was fixed for later part ofthe day on the request of the Pakistani rangers. During the meeting, "we will lodge a strong protest with the Pakistani rangers about the major infiltration bid from their territory", he said.
Elsewhere, a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir this morning. Acting on specific information, police and army personnel launched a combing operation in Aarmullah, 40 kms from here, when they were attacked by militants hiding in some houses, a police spokesman said. In the ensuing firefight, one militant of LeT outfit was killed, he said.
In another incident, security forces arrested an alleged Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and recovered mobile sets and SIM cards from him in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Acting on a tip off, security men launched a search operation in Lal Darman area of Doda district, 190 kms from here, arrested 22-year-old Ishaq Lone and seized the communication devices, police said. He was working for an LeT commander in the area as a courier, informer and guide, officials added.
In other militancy related cases, Police have busted a hideout and recovered explosives while arms and ammunition were recovered from Mahore encounter site during search operation today. In continuation to encounter yesterday between Reasi Police, 59 RR and militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit at Burja Pathri Magnar falling under the jurisdiction of police station Mahore, in which four militants got killed. Two AK 56 rifles, one pistol, two Wireless set, four AK magazines, one pistol magazine, 67 rounds of AK ammunition, 23 rounds of pistol ammunition, one Binocular and four pouches were recovered from the encounter site.
Meanwhile on specific information CID CI busted a hideout in Sajaiyan, Poonch and recovered arms and ammunition including one Chinese pistol, 806 AK rounds,10 AK magazines, 37 Sniper rounds, one pistol magazine,13 UBGL grenades,3 wireless sets,11 detonators, one jacket, one bottle,3 bags, one IED and 4kg explosives.
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