Last Updated on September 3, 2021 at 6:46 pm
Army was able to repel a heavily armed group of terrorists in Poonch sector on the intervening night of September 2 and 3 and found Pakistani items at the site.
“On the intervening night of 2 and 3 September 2021, a group of heavily armed Pakistani terrorists attempted to infiltrate in Poonch sector” said an official statement.
The infiltration attempt of Pakistani terrorists was detected by alert troops of Indian Army. The infiltrators were challenged and heavy firing ensued. “Owing to undulating terrain and heavy undergrowth, the terrorists managed to break contact and escaped back towards Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir under the cover of darkness” the statement read.
A thorough search of the encounter site was carried out and a huge quantity of administrative stores left behind by the terrorists were recovered to include clothing, packaged food items and medicines with Pakistani markings.
