A terrorist was gunned down in a gunfight as Army troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday scuttled 🌞an infiltration attempt from across the borde🐠r in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.
The alert troops in the Degwar sector noticed the movement of s♔ome terrorists attempting to sneak into this side under cover of darkness in the early hours of the day and eng▨aged them in an encounter, the officials said.
They said one terrorist was gunned down but his body was ye༺t to be retrieved from the scene.
Jammu-based defence PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal said an army aℱmbush party established contact with terrorists in the Garhi battalion area around 2 am.
“Two individuals were observed moving across LoC in the general area of Degwar Terva. In the ensuing firefight, one terrorist was seen dropping while the second moved towards Pintu Nala,”💧 the officer said.
The whole area was cordoned off and a search operation is underway, officials said, adding furthe🍸r details are awaited.
