Army Searches Uri, Nowgam Regions to Locate Killed Infiltrators

After the Uri attack which killed 18 soldiers, 15 people from across the border tried to cross the LoC.

Soldiers guard outside the army base which was attacked suspected militants in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: IANS)

The Army conducted a search to recover bodies of terrorists killed in the failed infiltration bids in Nowgam and Uri sectors as counter-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir on Wednesday entered the second day.

“The operations along the LoC in Uri and Nowgam sectors continue,” an Army spokesman said.

One soldier was killed on Tuesday as Army foiled two infiltration bids in the two sectors of Kashmir.

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While bodies of militants have been spotted nearly 300 meters short of LoC, a search is on in neighbouring areas to find out if there are more casualties on ultras’ side, official sources said.

About 15 terrorists had attempted to cross the Line of Control, the sources said.

Army has refrained from making any comment on the number of terrorists killed during its operations to neutralise the infiltration attempts as the operations are still going on.

However, the sources said it was not possible to retrieve the bodies of the militants as that could bring the jawans in the enemy line of fire in the densely forested areas.

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The infiltration bid was made days after the bloody attack by four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists on the Army camp in Uri which claimed the lives of 18 soldiers.

After the Uri attack, the terrorists had again made an attempt to cross the Line of Control in Uri and Nowgam sectors with Pakistani troops violating ceasefire and firing at Indian positions to give cover to the terrorists.

(Source: PTI)

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