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SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 14 -- Indian Army troopers Saturday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid near line-of-control (LoC) by killing five militants during a gunfight in India-controlled Kashmir. The Indian army spokesperson in Srinagar, Lt. Col. J. S. Brar told Xinhua that the militants were killed in Kalapahar in Uri of Baramulla district, around 110 km northwest of Srinagar, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir. "We have been able to thwart an infiltration bid in Kalapahar. Five militants were gunned down during a gunfight that triggered after the alert troops in area observed suspicious movement around12:30 p.m. Saturday and zeroed on to check it. The gunfight lasted for several hours," said Brar. The firing in the area has stopped but search operation is underway. Indian army officials maintain that several gunfights were witnessed this year near LoC between the infiltrators and troopers deployed on duty. New Delhi blames Islamabad for infiltrating militants in India-controlled Kashmir. Last month Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram during his visit to the region said infiltration cannot be stopped but only reduced. According to defense officials, up to the end of August, 352 infiltration attempts have been recorded so far this year. The gun fighting between militants and Indian army troopers in India-controlled Kashmir takes place intermittently. Police and defense officials maintain that most of the times the operations triggering gun fights are carried out on prior information about presence of militants in specific areas. |
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