Jammu, July 8: Two Pakistani militants were shot dead in an encounter along the Line of Control, a defence spokesperson in Jammu and Kashmir said.
Two Indian soldiers were killed in action, the spokesperson said.
This was the second encounter along the Line of Control or LoC in as many days.
The ceasefire along the LoC is seen to be on weak ground now.
The encounters and intensive search operations by Indian soldiers come less than a month after a drone attack at an Indian Air Force base in Jammu region by Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
“Based on information about infiltration and movement of terrorists in Dadal, Sundarbani sector, Rajouri district, the army had launched extensive search operations on Jun 29,” the defence spokesperson said.
“Subsequently, the information was corroborated on July 8 and a search and destroy patrol seeking proactive engagement with the terrorists, spotted them at Dadal forest and challenged them,” he said.
“The terrorists opened fire and lobbed hand grenades, leading to a fierce encounter in which two foreign terrorists from Pakistan have been killed. In the operation, two jawans received fatal injuries. A detailed search of the area continues,” he said.
Earlier, a Pakistani terrorist was gunned down as Army troops foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, a defence spokesman said.
Two soldiers were injured in the firefight with the terrorists who made an attempt to cross the LoC, official sources said.
“In the early hours today, a group of Pakistani terrorists made an attempt to infiltrate across the LoC in the Nowshera Sector of Rajouri,” the spokesman said.
