The Army is believed to be conducting final operations in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, where 30 to 40 militants and Pakistan special forces' troops had infiltrated.
The operations in Shalbhatti village had begun on September 24 and sources said, the same could be called off in a day or two.
Seven militants have been killed while a huge cache of arms and war-like stores recovered by the Indian Army troops.
As the encounter entered 15th day on Tuesday, the government once again denied that the situation was like Kargil War of 1999.
"We conducted search operations in the sector and recovered war-like stores of arms and ammunitions," Officiating Brigadier General Staff (BGS) Col Sanjay Mitra told reporters in Srinagar yesterday.
Among the ammo recovered include AK-47 rifles, pistols, one sniper rifle, 20 UBGL grenades, radio-sets and other war-like stores. Some medicines and food items were also found.
Many of the weapons and ammunition recovered carry the 'Made in Pakistan' tag.
The Centre meanwhile said maintaining sanctity of the Line of Control (LoC) was of "primary importance".
"We have repeatedly emphasised that the maintenance of sanctity of Line of Control is of primary importance. Even at the last meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, this issue was re- emphasised.
"As regard to the current situation, our armed forces who are responsible of sanctity undertaking currently appropriate necessary measures....Based on the outcome of those efforts, we will take the further necessary action, as appropriate," a spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said
The Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan will be talking today, as part of their routing contacts.
DNA's Ishfaq-ul-Hassan meanwhile reports that a letter seized from a slain infiltrator in the Keran sector has exposed Pakistan’s involvement in the current stand-off on the LoC.
The letter was written by Havaldar Mohommad Yousuf Chaudhary of 645 MD (Mujhaideen) regiment of Pakistan to his “brother Inayat” seeking help for his associate Farid Malik.
“Hope you are in good mood. I have come to know that your letter has reached. I am sending this letter through Farid Malik. Please do whatever you could to help him out,” reads the translation of the letter written in Urdu.
It was seized during one of the operations in the general area of Keran. Army officials say the 645 Mujahideen regiment of Pakistan is notorious for training and aiding militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The letter clearly indicates that the Pakistan army is abetting and supporting the infiltrators. This proves Pakistan’s involvement beyond doubt. We are trying to verify whether the slain infiltrator from whom the letter was recovered was Chaudhary,” an Army officer said.
The operations in Shalbhatti village had begun on September 24 and sources said, the same could be called off in a day or two.
Seven militants have been killed while a huge cache of arms and war-like stores recovered by the Indian Army troops.
As the encounter entered 15th day on Tuesday, the government once again denied that the situation was like Kargil War of 1999.
"We conducted search operations in the sector and recovered war-like stores of arms and ammunitions," Officiating Brigadier General Staff (BGS) Col Sanjay Mitra told reporters in Srinagar yesterday.
Among the ammo recovered include AK-47 rifles, pistols, one sniper rifle, 20 UBGL grenades, radio-sets and other war-like stores. Some medicines and food items were also found.
Many of the weapons and ammunition recovered carry the 'Made in Pakistan' tag.
The Centre meanwhile said maintaining sanctity of the Line of Control (LoC) was of "primary importance".
"We have repeatedly emphasised that the maintenance of sanctity of Line of Control is of primary importance. Even at the last meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, this issue was re- emphasised.
"As regard to the current situation, our armed forces who are responsible of sanctity undertaking currently appropriate necessary measures....Based on the outcome of those efforts, we will take the further necessary action, as appropriate," a spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said
The Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan will be talking today, as part of their routing contacts.
DNA's Ishfaq-ul-Hassan meanwhile reports that a letter seized from a slain infiltrator in the Keran sector has exposed Pakistan’s involvement in the current stand-off on the LoC.
The letter was written by Havaldar Mohommad Yousuf Chaudhary of 645 MD (Mujhaideen) regiment of Pakistan to his “brother Inayat” seeking help for his associate Farid Malik.
“Hope you are in good mood. I have come to know that your letter has reached. I am sending this letter through Farid Malik. Please do whatever you could to help him out,” reads the translation of the letter written in Urdu.
It was seized during one of the operations in the general area of Keran. Army officials say the 645 Mujahideen regiment of Pakistan is notorious for training and aiding militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The letter clearly indicates that the Pakistan army is abetting and supporting the infiltrators. This proves Pakistan’s involvement beyond doubt. We are trying to verify whether the slain infiltrator from whom the letter was recovered was Chaudhary,” an Army officer said.
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