The Indian army claimed to have foiled a suspected BAT (Border Action Team) operation along the line of control in Tangdhar sector of North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday. Earlier, two weapon smuggling bids were foiled by the alert troops from across the line of control.

It is after a gap of more than six months, heavily armed intruders supported by the Pakistani army had attempted a BAT operation in the area. Earlier, five heavily armed terrorists were neutralised by the elite para commandos of the Indian army in the Keran sector of Kupwara as they had attempted to infiltrate inside the Indian territory.

Meanwhile, in a separate anti-terrorist operation, two terrorists were gunned down by the joint team of security forces in Chakura area of Shopian on Wednesday.

Till the time of filing the report the operation was not called off as thorough searches were still going on in and around the encounter site to rule out the presence of any other hiding terrorist.

Earlier, the operation was launched by the joint team of security forces on receipt of the information about the presence of terrorists in the area. Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh told reporters, "so far two terrorists have been eliminated in the ongoing operation and searches were going on to confirm the presence of a third terrorist in the area".

In a brief statement the twitter handle of Srinagar based China Corps said, " a suspected BAT(Border Action Team) action bid was foiled by the alert troops early Wednesday morning in Tangdhar".

It further said, "suspicious activity of 3-4 intruders was observed by the alert troops, close to forward post along the line of control.Timely action by the alert troops averted infiltration bid. The entire area was kept under surveillance", the statement added.