Jammu: An army jawan was killed as troops foiled yet another bid by militants to infiltrate under the cover of firing from Pakistani side along Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said here today.
This is the fourth infiltration bid in past 12 days and sixth in the last three weeks along the Indo-Pak border in J-K.
A group of unidentified militants entered Indian territory under the cover of cross-border firing along LoC in Keri sub-sector of Rajouri district late last night, he said. There was firing on a patrolling party on the Indian side near Khalsa post in Keri belt along LoC when troops detected some movement and challenged them.
The unidentified militants opened fired on the troops, who replied back resulting in gunbattle, he said, adding that militants later escaped back to Pakistani side after brief firefight. However in the gunbattle, one jawan was killed, he said, adding that there were no reports about the loss on the other side.
The deceased jawan was identified as Sepoy Amarjeet Singh of Sangrore district of Punjab. Singh belonged to 2 Sikh unit.
There is an increase in infiltration attempts from across the border. But alert troops have beaten back these attempts. This shows desperation of the militant leadership in Pakistan to send in more armed militants in view of coming assembly elections, he said.
