In the early hours of Tuesday, the Indian Army successfully foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Battal sector. During the intense exchange of fire, one soldier was injured.
The White Knight Corps (16 Corps) of the Indian Army confirmed the incident on social media, stating, “Alert troops foiled an infiltration bid by effectively engaging infiltrating terrorists with effective fire in the Battal Sector at 0300h. During the exchange of heavy fire, one braveheart has been injured. Operations are continuing.”
This incident follows a terrorist attack on the home of a Village Defence Guard (VDG) member in Gundha, Rajouri, on Monday. An alert Army unit nearby swiftly responded, preventing major losses. Parshottam Kumar, recently awarded the Shaurya Chakra by President Droupadi Murmu, was targeted in the attack. His uncle, Vijay Kumar, was injured, and a cow was killed in the gunfire.
The region has seen a surge in terror attacks this year, resulting in 27 deaths, including 11 security personnel, a village defense guard, and five terrorists. Nearly a dozen attacks have occurred across six districts.
Last Thursday, two army personnel were wounded in a gunfight with terrorists in Doda. Terrorists also targeted a temporary camp at a government school in Jaddan Bata village around 2 am, critically injuring a soldier who was airlifted to a hospital in Udhampur. In another incident, security forces at a forward post near the LoC in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district fired at suspicious movement late Wednesday night. A search on Thursday found no evidence of the reported activity.
On July 16, four army personnel, including an officer, were killed in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district. A week prior, five soldiers were killed, and five others injured in a terrorist ambush in Kathua district’s Machedi forest belt.
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