15वें दिन सेना को केरन सेक्टर में मिली सफलता, 8 आतंकी मारे गए

आज 15वें दिन सेना को सफलता मिली. एलओसी पर केरन सेक्टर में सेना का ऑपरेशन पूरा हो गया है. सेना ने श्रीनगर में प्रेस कांफ्रेंस कर इसकी जानकारी दी.

सेना ने बताया कि यहां 8 आतंकियों के शव बरामद हुए हैं. आतंकियों से निपटने के लिए 6 बड़े अभियान चलाए गए.

श्रीनगर.   आज 15वें दिन सेना को सफलता मिली. एलओसी पर केरन सेक्टर में सेना का ऑपरेशन पूरा हो गया है. सेना ने श्रीनगर में प्रेस कांफ्रेंस कर इसकी जानकारी दी.

सेना ने बताया कि यहां 8 आतंकियों के शव बरामद हुए हैं. आतंकियों से निपटने के लिए 6 बड़े अभियान चलाए गए.
सेना के मुताबिक इस अभियान में 18 एके-47 समेत भारी मात्रा में हथियारों का जखीरा बरामद हुआ है. इस बीच सेना प्रमुख जनरल बिक्रम सिंह ने कहा है कि कश्मीर के केरन सेक्टर में आतंकियों की नापाक कोशिशों को सेना ने नाकाम कर दिया है.
सेना ने कहा कि किसी भी भारतीय चौकी पर कब्जा नहीं हुआ है. लेकिन केरन में आतंकियों की घुसपैठ की कोशिश जारी है और सेना कड़ी चौकसी कर रही है. सेना की तरफ से कहा गया कि वह हर घुसपैठ से निपटने को पूरी तरह से तैयार हैं. सेना ने पाकिस्तान की सेना पर गंभीर आरोप लगाते हुए कहा कि वहां की फौज को इस घुसपैठ की पूरी जानकारी है.
आपको बता दें कि प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह ने भी केरन सेक्टर में हुए घुसपैठ को लेकर सेना के तीनो प्रमुखों की बैठक बुलाई थी. इसमें सेना प्रमुख जनरल बिक्रम सिंह ने पाकिस्तान फौज को इसके लिए जिम्मेदार ठहराया था.
तीन दिन पहले मारे गये आतंकियों के शवों से पर्चे मिले थे. जिसमें पाकिस्तानी सेना की '645 मुजाहिद बटालियन' की मुहर लगी थी और उस पर लिखा है कि,"इस आदमी की मदद करो".

कुछ दिनों पहले तमाम अटकलों पर विराम लगाते हुए सेना प्रमुख बिक्रम सिंह ने कहा कि कश्मीर के केरन सेक्टर में करगिल जैसे हालात नहीं हैं और किसी भी गांव पर उग्रवादियों का कब्जा नहीं है.

Have evidence of Pakistan army's support to Keran infiltrators: Army chief

New Delhi / Srinagar: Blaming Pakistan for provoking one of India's longest anti-infiltration operations in recent times, Army Chief General Bikram Singh today said no infiltration attempt along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir is possible without the support and knowledge of the Pakistani army.

"We have had evidence of Pakistan army's involvement for a long time," General Singh said, adding, "My assessment is that the infiltration will continue. They want to push as many terrorists as possible before winter."

The two-week long army operation at Keran, 100 kms from Srinagar, to prevent a group of 40 terrorists from entering India ended today with the death of seven terrorists and injuring six army jawans.

Bodies of dead terrorists may also have been dragged back or buried in crevices or the thick jungle, army sources said.

The Indian army conducted seven massive search operations of a three-km area in their mission to hunt down the terrorists in the Keran sector along the Line of Control.

"On the LoC, we are eyeball to eyeball with Pakistan Army. How can such a large group infiltrate without the complicity of the Pak Army?" General Officer Commanding (Northern Command) Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra said in Srinagar while announcing the end of the operation.

Yesterday, NDTV spoke exclusively to one of the soldiers who was engaged in the massive encounter. He said he saw 35 to 40 infiltrators as he took a bullet in the abdomen.

Keran operation called off; Pakistan's support behind infiltration, says army

Srinagar / New Delhi: One of the longest anti-infiltration operations in recent times ended today with the Indian army finishing seven massive search operations of a three-km area in their mission to hunt down the terrorists in the Keran sector along the Line of Control.

In the operation that lasted 15 days, seven terrorists were killed and six jawans of the Indian army were injured. Army officials say an infiltration of this size could not have been possible without the support of the Pakistan army.
"On the LoC, we are eyeball to eyeball with Pakistan Army. How can such a large group infiltrate without the complicity of the Pak Army?" General Officer Commanding, Northern Command, Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra said today in Srinagar while announcing the end of the Keran operation.

Speaking at an event near Delhi today, army chief General Bikram Singh categorically said that the seven terrorists killed while infiltrating at Keran may have been part of a 40-member infiltration group. He also ruled out any domination or occupation of any area by the terrorists.

"Which adversary is going to dominate an area by sitting in a nullah? Sure, there was infiltration bid but that has been foiled. It was a desperate infiltration bid," Gen Singh said.

Bodies of dead terrorists may also have been dragged back or buried in crevices or the thick jungle, army sources said.

Yesterday, NDTV spoke exclusively to one of the soldiers who was engaged in the massive Keran encounter. He said that he saw 35 to 40 infiltrators as he took a bullet in the abdomen.

Heavy firing from Pakistan along Line of Control: army

Srinagar: The army today said Indian troops were being "heavily engaged" by continuous firing from Pakistan, but denied that Pakistani troops had occupied a ghost village in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control.

The army said the heavy firing from across the border began after an infiltration bid was foiled last week in the Keran-Mendhar sector of Kashmir at an area 200 metre from the Line of Control. According to an army commander, 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed.

"The area is difficult. Our people are being engaged from across the LOC. We are proceeding with caution," said army sources. Search operations were still on, said the army's 15 Corps, which is posted at the area.

Four Indian soldiers have also been reportedly injured. They were airlifted to an army hospital in Srinagar.

Reports had said that fighting was on in a village where Pak soldiers were using abandoned homes to fire on Indian troops. Reports had also suggested that three army posts had been vacant due to a 'change of unit'.

Both the army and the home ministry have denied the reports.

This comes just after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met in New York in Sunday and agreed that reducing violence and tension along the LoC will be a priority for both countries.