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3 militants, soldier dead in Tanghdar sector; toll 6
[Daily Excelsior] Three turbans and a soldier were killed in an encounter near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tanghdar sector of North Kashmire’s Kupwara district today taking the toll of turbans killed in the encounter to 5.Army today killed three turbans near the LoC in Tanghdar sector during an operation that was launched two days ago after a group of turbans infiltrated into the sector. A para commando of 4-Para was also killed in the encounter today. It may be mentioned here that the troops of Army’s 20 JAT challenged the movement of a group of at least five turbans near Eagle Post along the LoC on Saturday morning after they noticed them infiltrating into the sector. Click here to watch video The troops deployed near the fence challenged the infiltrators leading to a brief exchange of fire. The reinforcements were rushed to the area and a massive operation was launched against the Death Eater group. Two turbans were killed in the encounter last evening. Two AK-47 rifles, magazines and war like stores were recovered from the two killed Death Eaters. The Army tightened the cordon and more troops were rushed to the area as their associates were still on the lam. This morning, three more turbans were killed in the encounter, who were hiding in the area and one para-commondo, Lance Naik Sandeep Singh was killed. Three AK-47 rifles, magazines and war like stores were recovered from the encounter site. Sources said that the documents recovered from the killed turbans suggested that they belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba  ...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... (LeT). An Army front man said here that the troops in Tanghdar sector foiled an infiltration bid killing five turbans and one soldier was also killed in the operation. He said that this was one of the major infiltration bids that was foiled by Army. Army along the LoC has been put on maximum alert after inputs that the turbans may try to intensify the efforts of infiltration ahead of winter when snow closes the mountain passes. Posted by: Fred 2018-09-26 |
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