Srinagar: Two heavily armed terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, police said.
Based on intelligence inputs generated by the Kupwara police, a joint alert party of police and Army launched a search operation in the Kumkadi area along the LoC in the Machil sector, an official spokesperson said.
The joint team observed the movement of terrorists. Employing meticulous tactics, the terrorists were intercepted. They fired indiscriminately at the joint team, which retaliated, leading to the elimination of two heavily armed unidentified terrorists, the police spokesperson said.
Police said that two AK rifles, four AK magazines, 90 rounds, a Pakistani pistol, a pouch, and ₹2,100 in Pakistani currency have been recovered from the encounter site so far.
“The ambush party maintained complete tactical surprise and firefight ensured where terrorists tried to flee across the LOC under the cover of dense foliage, however, firefight resulted in the killing of one terrorist instantly. Later, during the ensuing firefight, the second terrorist was also neutralized,” the statement read as quoted by HT.