Army reveals 9-day LeT encounter in Uri

TIL Desk/National/Srinagar/ Major General Virendra Vats, GOC, 19 Infantry Division, in Uri, on the terror module being busted in Uri sector:

— An operation was carried out over nine days along the LoC in Uri sector. It started on September 18, when our patrol along LoC detected infiltration movement.

— When the encounter took place, two infiltrators came across the border, while four were on the other side.

— On September 25, an encounter ensued, during which one terrorist neutralised, another was caught. The surrendered terrorist in custody identified himself as Ali Babar Patra, of Pakistan’s Punjab. He has admitted he is a member of LeT and was trained by them in Muzaffarabad.

— After the firefight, the four terrorists on the Pakistani side took advantage of the dense foliage and went back to the Pakistani side. Two terrorists sneaked into the Indian side. Additional forces were mobilised to cordon the two terrorists infiltrated into India.

— It’s also been revealed that this infiltration group was supported from Pak side by three porters who had come till LoC along with supplies.

— Movement of such large group of people can’t take place without active complicity of Pakistani Army deployed on the other side.

— This infiltration attempt was made in the area of Salamabad nallah. It’s the same area through which we’ve had a history of infiltration in 2016, that’s when a suicide attack at Uri Garrison took place.