Srinagar, May 12: Two days after the Uri encounter in which six militants were killed, Army Saturday claimed that they were having advance inputs about infiltration in the area.
An Army spokesman of 15 Corps Saturday evening said they were getting regular inputs about infiltration in the Uri Sector for last 15 days.
“On May 9, the Army received a confirmed report through intelligence agencies regarding a group of 5-6 militants trying to infiltrate through Maidan Nallah in Uri Sector,” the spokesman said adding that accordingly the ambushes were laid to intercept and “eliminate the militants.”
The spokesman further said that at 1.30 AM during the night of May 9-10 the militant group was clearly observed crossing the Line of Control (LoC) through surveillance devices deployed on the LoC. “On being challenged, the militants opened fire on the ambush party and the firefight started which continued till the afternoon of May 10,” the spokesman said adding that the firefight resulted in killing of six militants.
The Army spokesman said that the recovery of the bodies of 4 militants in close proximity of the LoC proves that their infiltration bid was foiled in the very initial stages. “The body of the fifth militant was also lying on the LoC, very close to the enemy post and is yet to be retrieved,” he said adding that soldiers have been put on high alert to foil any such infiltration bid in future.
Uri encounter was the third big gunfight that ragged in north Kashmir this year. In last week of March and first week of April, 10 Lashker-e-Toiba militants were killed in two different encounters in Zachaldara forests of Handwara.
On May 5, two local militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in an encounter with Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group (SOG) in Pattan area of Baramulla district.

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