Alert army personnel foil infiltration bid along LoC in Kashmir's Naugam; four terrorists killed

Srinagar: Brave Indian Army jawans on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Naugam sector of Kashmir.

The army killed four terrorists during the operation.

"Alert soldiers posted along the Line of Control in Naugam sector noticed some suspicious movement and challenged the intruders," an army official said.

The militants opened fire at positions of security forces which was "effectively retaliated", triggering a gunbattle, he said.

Four militants were killed and a war-like store recovered from the scene of the gunbattle, the official said. The operation is still in progress. 

Meanwhile, two more infiltration bids were foiled in Tangdhar and Gurez sectors along the LoC in Kashmir, the Army official said.

Operations were in progress at both places but no casualty was reported so far, he said.