Notwithstanding the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, tension remains at its peak between India and Pakistan Army along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir.
In the second successful operation in less than 24 hours, alert troops of the Indian Army on Sunday eliminated five heavily armed terrorists in North Kashmir’s Keran sector of Kupwara district. Three Indian soldiers also sacrificed their lives in the line of duty while neutralising heavily armed group of Pakistan trained terrorists.
Earlier, on Saturday four Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were eliminated in a clean operation in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
According to Col Rajesh Kalia, Srinagar-based spokesman of the Ministry of Defence, “over the last 24 hours, Indian security forces have eliminated nine terrorists in J&K. Four terrorists who were involved in killing of innocent civilians were eliminated at Batpura on April 4.”
He added, “In an another ongoing anti-infiltration operation in Keran sector of North Kashmir, alert troops braving inclement weather and hostile terrain have so far eliminated five terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the LoC taking advantage of bad weather”.
In the ongoing operation, three Indian soldiers also attained martyrdom. Out of these three, two of them succumbed to their fatal injuries after they were evacuated braving adverse weather conditions. Other injured soldiers are undergoing treatment while operation was still in progress along the LoC.
According to officials sources, Indian Army is bracing for ‘hot summer’ season ahead. Fresh assessments made by various intelligence agencies also suggested Pakistan was desperately looking for an opportunity to send across heavily armed terrorists inside the Indian territory to scale up terrorist violence.
Pakistan Army was also gradually scaling up tensions in the region by regularly targeting civilian areas with mortar shells in a bid to push in armed terrorists via Rajouri and Poonch sectors in Jammu region. According to field reports, Pakistan Army violated ceasefire agreement more than 10 times a day since last one month recording over 400 violations in the month of March. “Since January 1, 2020 over 1,100 violations have been reported across different sectors of Jammu & Kashmir”, official sources said.
