JAMMU:
MARMY onWednesday foiled an
infiltration attempt with the
arrest of three terrorists along
with a huge consignment of
arms and narcotics along the
Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch
district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A defence spokesman said
that the terrorists, who were
also in possession of a 10 kg
powerful Improvised Explosive
Device (IED), were arrested
after an exchange of fire near
the border fence when they
were attempting to sneak into
this side.
An Army personnel and oneof the terrorists were injuredin the firing. “In a joint operation by
Army along with police, likely three-four terrorists were
intercepted on LoC in
Poonch sector while
attempting to cross the fence
on the night of May 30 and
31, taking advantage of bad
weather and heavy rains,”
Jammu-based Army PRO
Lieutenant Colonel
Devender Anand said in a
statement.
After tracking the movement at about 1.30 am, the
spokesperson said, an Army
ambush, on challenging
them, was fired upon and in
the retaliatory firefight some
terrorists have been hit.
“The area is cordoned and
search operation is in
progress. Blood trails have
been found. Three terrorists
with some weapons, war-like
stores including one IED and
narcotics have been apprehended. One Indian Army
soldier was injured in the
ensuing firing and has been
evacuated,” Lt Colonel
Anand said. The injured terrorist has been shifted to a
civil hospital under police
custody. Officials said, the
incident took place at forward Karmara village in
Gulpur sector after troops
guarding the border picked
up suspicious movement
and challenged the persons
which led to a gunfight.
The
officials identified the arrested accused as Mohd Farooq
(26), who received a bullet
injury in his leg, Mohd Riaz
(23) and Mohd Zubair (22),
all residents of Karmara.
They are believed to have
received the arms and narcotic consignment from
across the border and were
trying to smuggle it into this
side when they were intercepted by the troops, the officials said. The seizure made
from the arrested persons
included an AK assault rifle,
two pistols, six grenades, a
10-kg IED which was planted inside a pressure cooker
and 20 packets of suspected
heroin worth over Rs 100
crore.