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Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, May 26

The Army today foiled a major BAT (Border Action Team) attack by Pakistan when they killed two militants on the Line of Control in the Uri sector of north Kashmir.The BAT action was foiled in a thick forest area close to Aman Setu, the peace bridge which connects Uri in Kashmir to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said the BAT action was aimed against the Army along the LoC. “Two BAT terrorists were killed in the operation,” the defence spokesman said.Sources said that around 8.40 am today, two armed intruders came close to an Army post, about 500 m inside the LoC. They said the intruders came from a known Pakistani post.Their movement was picked up by Army’s 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) Regiment deployed in the area.“They were challenged and in a 30-minute gunfight, two BAT terrorists were killed. The bodies of the two have been recovered. The duo was only carrying a AK-47 rifle and a pistol. They were not carrying stuff like rucksack, which the infiltrators usually carry while they sneak into the Indian territory,” they said.“As the terrorists were not carrying rucksacks, it clearly indicates that the two were BAT members who had planned an attack on the Army before fleeing back to Pakistan,” the sources further said.Commanding Officer of the 4 JAKLI Regiment Col Bhanwar Singh told reporters at Uri that the combing operation in the forest area was underway as the Army expected more BAT members were hiding in the area.This is the second time that BAT teams — small groups of specialised Pakistani troops supported by militants — have tried to attack the Army in J&K.On May 1, two soldiers were killed and their bodies were mutilated in BAT action in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in the Jammu region. The mutilation of bodies had triggered tension along the LoC and the Army had carried out a fire assault on Pakistani posts which were “aiding cross-border infiltration” in the Nowshera sector.