Conflict

Major BAT attack by Pak foiled along LoC, two ‘likely Pakistani soldiers killed’, says Indian Army

Srinagar: The Indian Army on Monday claimed that the a ‘major attempt by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) to strike a forward post along the Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Naugam sector was foiled yesterday.’

The statement released by the Indian Army’s 15 corps in Srinagar on Monday said added that in the ‘retaliation by the Indian Army followed by a thorough search operation confirmed the elimination of two likely Pakistani soldiers.’

In a tweet, the Chinar Corps said:


The statement further added that the ‘infiltration bid was supported by heavy firing from the Pakistani post.

“The intruders attempted to move by exploiting the thick jungles close to LoC and were assisted by heavy covering fire of high calibre weapons such as mortars and rocket launchers from Pakistani posts. The movement was nonetheless detected by the vigilant Indian Army troops deployed along the LoC,” the statement read.

During prolonged searches in the thick jungles and difficult terrain, the statement said, two bodies of “likely Pakistani soldiers” were recovered along with a large cache of warlike stores.

“The search operations are still underway in the Sector to sanitise the area. It was also reported that a few other intruders managed to escape across the LoC, taking advantage of the Pakistani firing and adverse weather and visibility conditions,” said the statement.

He said the attackers were wearing combat dresses like Pakistani Regulars and were carrying stores with Pakistani markings.

“Some intruders were also seen in BSF and old pattern IA dresses as part of deception. They had intruded well equipped with IEDs, incendiary materials, explosives, and a plethora of arms and ammunition,” said the spokesman.
“From the recovery, it was estimated that they intended to carry out a gruesome attack on the Indian Army forward post in Naugam sector,” he said. “We will ask Pakistan to take back the mortal remains of deceased likely Pakistani soldiers since Pakistan did provide full covering fire support to these intruders.”

Click to comment
To Top