The Indian Army has claimed to have killed an armed infiltrator and recovered a large quantity of weapons in Uri town of Kashmir.
The 15th Corps of the Indian Army based in Kashmir said in a statement that an armed infiltration attempt was foiled under ‘Operation Diggi’ in the Bochhar area near the Line of Control in the border town of Uri in Baramulla district.
According to an army spokesperson, ‘Operation Diggi’ was launched in this border strip after intelligence inputs received by the Kashmir Police last week regarding a possible infiltration, during which the movement of an armed ‘infiltrator’ coming from across the LoC near Bochhar last night was monitored.
According to the spokesperson, when the forces stopped him, he opened fire and in retaliation, this ‘Pakistani infiltrator’ was killed.
The army claims that the slain militant belongs to Pakistan, but his identity has not been revealed. The army says the operation in the area is still ongoing.
The Uri sector of the 740-km-long and 35-km-wide Line of Control, the temporary border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, has been the most sensitive sector of the border for decades.
The army says that armed militants often use this route to infiltrate Indian territory from Pakistani-controlled areas.
India launched Operation Sindoor against alleged terrorist hideouts in Pakistan after 24 Indian tourists were killed in an armed attack in the tourist resort of Pahalgam on April 22 last year, which led to a brief war between the two countries in response to Pakistan.
Patrolling in the border areas was further increased after the tension. Including the latest infiltration incident, there have been four such incidents since February this year, three of which took place in sectors of Rajouri and Poonch districts.
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