SRINAGAR: The army on Saturday said that an Army trooper and militant were killed. Also, one army soldier was injured in the exchange of fire near LoC in the Machil Sector of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
The army, in a statement, said that taking advantage of bad weather and poor visibility along the Line of Control in the Machhal Sector, a group of two to three armed personnel crossed the LC and fired on a forward Army post from close proximity. Alert troops responded vigorously, and in the ensuing exchange of fire, one Pakistani intruder was killed, along with the recovery of weapons, ammunition, and war-like stores. Identification and affiliation of this Pakistani National is being ascertained.
According to PRO Defence Srinagar based, during this intense fire exchange, two of our brave soldiers also suffered some grave injuries and were hence immediately evacuated to the Base Hospital at Srinagar.
Unfortunately, one of these brave hearts has succumbed to his injuries. The other brave is responding well to treatment and care and is presently stable, he said.
In the past, too, similar attempts by infiltrators, actively aided and abetted by the Pakistani Army, have exploited thick foliage and poor visibility conditions but have always, as today, been successfully thwarted and disrupted, he said.
Indian Army is firm in its resolve and commitment to maintain the sanctity of the Line of Control and defeat the nefarious and inimical designs of the Pakistan Army, reads the statement.(GNS)
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