J&K: Indian Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in Poonch; patrolling intensified

Jammu and Kashmir: The Indian Military foiled an infiltration bid alongside the Line of Management in Poonch on the intervening evening of Tuesday and Wednesday. Commenting on the operation, defence officers stated, “Throughout midnight (12/13 July) there was an infiltration try alongside LoC within the Poonch sector, which was suitably foiled by our alert troops.”

Contemplating risk evaluation, patrolling of Border Safety Drive (BSF) in addition to Military has been extra frequent alongside the LoC to foil any infiltration try, stated the official, aware of the event. 

The official stated the terrorists are learnt to make use of “tunnel and riverine” areas to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir and so they have affiliation with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). 

“As many of the routes adopted by the terrorists are uncovered, they’re planning to infiltrate by a tunnel and riverine areas,” stated the official. 

One other official stated the terrorists are actually making an attempt the Rajouri-Poonch routes, the areas south of Pir Panjal. “The main focus of infiltration has largely now shifted to the south of Pir Panjal,” the official stated. 

“The infiltration in Kashmir valley has diminished in comparison with different routes,” the official added. Inputs concerning these launch pads throughout LoC are important because the 43-day lengthy Amarnath Yatra– the annual pilgrimage of Hindus– has began on June 30 after a niche of two years and lakhs of pilgrims are visiting the Union Territory. 

The official stated there have been only a few situations of profitable infiltration alongside the LoC within the valley to this point this yr as most of their makes an attempt have been foiled and the terrorists have been killed in a number of operations. 

Indicating in direction of knowledge, the official stated 121 terrorists have been killed until June 28 this yr and the utmost quantity was of Over Floor Staff linked to LeT (68), JeM (29) and HM (16) whereas the variety of overseas terrorists was nearly nill. 

Of the 121 terrorists, seven have been unidentified and one belonged to Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), stated the official citing the info.

The general state of affairs alongside the LoC has been peaceable for the reason that ceasefire settlement between India and Pakistan in 2021. 

The officer stated the infiltration alongside the LoC exhibits a downward pattern. From 130 infiltration bids in 2019, it got here right down to 36 bids in 2020 and 31 in 2021, stated the official. 

(With inputs from ANI)

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