Army soldier injured as army foils infiltration bid in Rajouri

JAMMU: An army personnel was injured in an encounter with militants attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, security officials said.

The encounter occurred in the Kalal area of the Nowshera sector when army troops guarding the LoC intercepted a group of militants trying to infiltrate into this side, the officials said.

This was the second infiltration attempt by militants in Nowshera in the past week. Earlier on September 9, two heavily armed militants were killed near the LoC in the Laam area of this sector.

Army troops noticed some militants and challenged them, leading to a gunfight which continued for some time, the officials said, adding the militants fled into the nearby forest and a massive search operation is on to track down and neutralize them. (PTI)