Security men during a search operation at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Amin War

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 10

Security forces had a busy day today. From mountainous Line of Control (LoC) to busy Lal Chowk to senstive south Kashmir, forces were on toes to track militants.An unidentified militant was killed in a gunfight as the Army foiled an infiltration bid in the Gurez sector of Bandipore district, over 150 km from Srinagar.Defence sources said a group of militants was intercepted close to the LoC in the Gurez sector during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday by soldiers.“As militants were challanged, they opened fire triggering a gunfight. The body of one militant was recovered this morning and one weapon was recovered,” they said, adding that the combing operation was still underway.There is a possibility that other militants of the group may have fled back during the exchange of fire.At least 13 militants have been killed in four gunfights close to LoC in Nowgam, Machil in frontier Kupwara district, Uri in Baramulla and Gurez in Bandipore since Wednesday. An Army jawan was also killed in one of these gunfights. At least six infiltration bids have been foiled in past four day along the LoC in Kashmir. Army claims that these multiple infiltration attempts along the LoC are backed by Pakistan Army.“The sinister designs of the Pakistan army to push in multiple groups of armed intruders across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir continue to be defeated by proactive operations being carried out on the LoC,” Udhampur-based spokesman for the Northern Command said.“The explosives, inflammable material, arms and ammunition recovered from the armed intruders indicate Pakistan’s designs to orchestrate high-profile terror incidents targeting innocent civilian population and security forces during the holy month of Ramazan,” the spokesman added.This year, the Army claims that it has foiled 24 infiltration attempts and 40 militants have been killed.Local hurt in militant attackA civilian was injured on Saturday morning when militants opened fire on security forces’ vehicles on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Anantnag district.The police said the militants fired upon the two security forces’ vehicles at Vesu and missed the target injuring a civilian in a car. The injured was identified as Arif, a resident of Bakshiabad, Anantnag, and his condition is stated to be stable.