“The incident site is located on the Pakistani side of the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System, kept under surveillance by the Indian Army to effectively counter any nefarious activity by the infiltrators or Pakistan Army.”

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SRINAGAR — The Indian Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled a BAT action by killing a militant in the Keran sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir.

An army spokesperson in Srinagar said that swift action by the army personnel deployed at the Line of Control foiled the bid and killed the militant. The army said that it was a complete breach of the “Ceasefire Understanding” arrived at between the DGMOs.

Identifying the slain militant as Mohammad Shabbir Malik, the spokesperson said that he was a Pakistani national and was equipped with “weapons, ammunition and warlike stores”. 

“The incident site is located on the Pakistani side of the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System, kept under surveillance by the Indian Army to effectively counter any nefarious activity by the infiltrators or Pakistan Army.”

The spokesperson said that: “In complete breach of the Ceasefire Understanding arrived at between the DGMO’s, one-armed intruder dressed in Pathani suit and the black jacket was detected moving from areas under the control of Pakistan Army across the Line of Control at around 1500 hours on Saturday. Ambushes were laid along likely routes that could be adopted by the intruder and movement was followed till 1600 hours.”

He said that the ambush was sprung at the opportune moment and the militant was killed. 

“The body of the slain was recovered along with one AK 47 and large quantity of ammunition including seven grenades. The surveillance of the area is in progress, denying any exploitation of the bad weather condition prevailing in the area and the operation is ongoing.”