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ShareSrinagar: A large number of militants are desperately "waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from the other side of the line of control (LoC) and international border (IB) before snow closes the infiltration routes," Raman Srivastava, the director-general of BSF said onTuesday.
For the past five days, security forces have foiled four infiltration bids from the LoC and IB and killed seven militants and captured one alive. One DIG from the BSF and two army jawans were killed in attacks from infiltrators.
One militant was killed and another arrested when they tried to enter the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district in the wee hours of Tuesday. Lieutenant colonel JS Brar, defense spokesman at Srinagar, said troops of 12 Bihar regiment foiled the bid and killed one terrorist and took another captive, clearly establishing Pakistan's link to the unrest in the state. "We captured Tanveer Ahmad alias Anas, alive, while he was trying to infiltrate our area.Another foreign terrorist was killed in the encounter," said Lt Col Brar.
According to Lt Col Brar, Tanveer had undergone training at the Muzaffarabad camp from March to June this year and was camping in Lipa valley for the past 15 days.
On Saturday, the army killed five militants when they were trying to sneak in from Kalapahar area of LoC in Uri sector. On Monday, a militant and two army jawans were killed when troops foiled an infiltration bid in Keran. Another infiltration bid was foiled in Ramgarh sector.
"We have inputs that a large number of militants is waiting at various points on the other side of the IB and LoC. We have alerted the forces to prevent the infiltration," said Srivastava, director general of BSF in Jammu.
