Jammu: Barely hours before the commencement of polling, Indian troops foiled an
infiltration bid by terrorists in Kupwara sector killing nine foreign mercenaries
even as Pakistani troops resorted to shelling and firing in several areas of Jammu
and Kashmir besides Siachen glacier sectors overnight, a Defence spokesman said.
Heavily armed nine terrorists were killed in Sari ridge area of Tangdar in Kupwara
on September 15 night when they were infiltrating apparently to disrupt the polls,
Northern Command Army spokesman Lt Col SPK Singh said.
He said seven AK-47 rifles, twelve magazines, 1150 rounds of ammunition, two
pistols, five kg of explosive, 80 rifle grenades, 30 anti-personnel mines, 70 remote
controlled detonators, two radio sets and Rs 1 lakh in Indian currency were
recovered from them.
Pak troops also resorted to small arms and artillery firing in Batalik, Yaldor and
Mushkoh areas of Kargil sector, Kundarali and Gulmarg in Baramullah sector, Mendhar
in Poonch, Nowshera in Rajouri and R S Pura in Jammu sector.
PTI
