- Security forces heightened LoC surveillance, an infiltration route.
A powerful blast was reported in the Satwal-Naki area of the Krishna Ghati sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday. Subsequent reports indicated that four Pakistani terrorists, including a senior Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, were killed in the explosion while attempting to infiltrate India from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Security forces have heightened surveillance along the LoC.
Four Terrorists Killed: Report
Officials said the explosion occurred when a group of terrorists from the Pakistan side attempted to cross into Indian territory. The blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), rocked a forward village in the Krishna Ghati sector.
The terrorists were identified as Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Waqas and Muhammad Asim. All four were residents of Mandla, Madarpur, in Tehsil Hajira, PoK, officials said.
Faizan was identified as a senior LeT commander. However, officials said the circumstances leading to the explosion had not yet been established.
Satwal-Naki is considered a traditional infiltration route, with security forces having reported previous attempts by terrorists to cross into India through the area. Officials also recalled an earlier incident in which six to seven members of Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) were killed in a similar incident in the sector.
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Security Alert Along LoC
Following Monday’s blast, security forces sounded an alert and stepped up surveillance along the LoC to assess the situation and prevent any possible security breach, officials said.
In a separate incident, Army personnel detected two rusted landmines near the border fence in the Basoni area of the Mendhar sector.
Officials said the devices were spotted during track construction at 8.25 am and 12.10 pm, respectively. Army experts subsequently destroyed both mines in controlled explosions.
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