Sepoy from Batala dies as infiltration foiled

Azhar Qadri

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, November 22

A soldier, Sepoy Mandeep Singh, 32, from Chahal Khurd village in Batala, Gurdaspur, was killed as troops repelled an infiltration bid which left a militant dead in the remote Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today.

“Two soldiers have been injured and shifted to hospital,” Defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said.

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An operation is underway to trace the militants who may have sneaked into the Kashmir valley. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area, he added.

With winter approaching, there has been a rise in the number of infiltration attempts this month as heavy snowfall cuts off Valley routes. Keran sector is a key infiltration route for the militants from across the border. 

The fresh infiltration attempt in the sector comes a day after three militants and a soldier were killed in two gunfights in the frontier district.