Infiltration: ‘Operation’ in Uri continues amid internet blockade

URI — Amid phone and internet blockage, Army’s operation against militants continued for third consecutive day near Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Srinagar based Defense Spokesperson, Colonel Emron Mosavi confirmed that the operation continues in Uri to track down infiltrators.

Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that drones have been pressed into service to locate militants in the jungles of Uri. They said sniffer dogs are also being used.

Pertinently, troops on Sunday intercepted a group of militants who sneaked into this part of Kashmir at Angoori post in Uri. However, when challenged, the militants opened fire, ensuing in an encounter in which a soldier was injured.

Later, Army launched a search operation in the area after militants escaped from the area and that operation is still in progress.

Sources added that after the first contact with militants on Sunday, no fresh contact has been established.

Meanwhile, mobile calling and internet service remained suspended for the second day in Uri and adjacent areas.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps Lt General D P Pandey on Monday said after the infiltration attempt was foiled on Sunday, he had said that it was not immediately clear whether the militants had escaped back into PaK or are still in ‘our’ side.

He said a massive search operation was going on in the entire woods to make sure there is no militant.