Indian Army stops infiltration attempt into Jammu & Kashmir

Indian Army today stopped an infiltration attempt by three armed militants from across the Line of Control in the Sunderbani sector in Jammu. No causality was reported.

"Three unidentified militants were trying to sneak in through Line of Control in the general area Sukhtao Nala in Sunderbani Sector, of Rajouri district", Ministry of Defence spokesperson S N Acharya told PTI.

According to him at around 6.30 am this morning three militants were spotted 30 meters inside the LoC and were engaged by the Indian soldiers. The army returned fire on the militants and stopped the potential infiltration plan.

"Our alert soldiers guarding the Line of Control challenged the terrorists who in turn started firing on our soldiers and started running back towards the line of control" Acharya said.

This comes to light a day after Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh said that Pakistan wanted to infiltrate into India as they wanted to disrupt the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.

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