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Majid Jahangir
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, May 27
There is a suspicion that the attack in Tangdhar sector on Monday in which three soldiers were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district might have been carried out by the Pakistani army’s Border Action Team (BAT).
Incidentally, the killing of troops along the LoC in Tangdhar sector took place on the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Intelligence officials said they suspected that the attack might have been carried out by BAT, a small group of specialised Pakistani troops supported by militants, by crossing over into Indian territory and targeting an Army patrol of the 3/1 Gorkha Regiment. The attack took place in a dense forest area close to the Line of Control.
“It looks like BAT action and the Army patrol was taken by surprise,” the officials said. The action was carried out in close vicinity of LoC and it looked that detailed planning was conducted to carry it out.
However, a senior Army official in Srinagar vehemently denied that troops were killed during BAT action. “It was purely an infiltration bid which was foiled by troops,” the Army official said.
“A patrol of five Army men was moving in the area and two militants were hiding. They spotted the patrol and as it came closer, they opened heavy fire and took position behind a log. A militant who looked like a guide was killed and another escaped. The two militants were part of action to check activity on this side before any bigger infiltration attempt. The bodies of three soldiers were not mutilated,” he said.
A police officer in Kupwara said the postmortem was conducted on Tuesday at Sub-District Hospital in Karnah. “We registered an FIR. All four bodies had multiple bullet injuries,” he said.
The Hizbul Mujahideen claimed that its cadres had carried out the attack.
Killing in Tangdhar sector carried out by BAT?
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, May 27
There is a suspicion that the attack in Tangdhar sector on Monday in which three soldiers were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district might have been carried out by the Pakistani army’s Border Action Team (BAT).
Incidentally, the killing of troops along the LoC in Tangdhar sector took place on the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Intelligence officials said they suspected that the attack might have been carried out by BAT, a small group of specialised Pakistani troops supported by militants, by crossing over into Indian territory and targeting an Army patrol of the 3/1 Gorkha Regiment. The attack took place in a dense forest area close to the Line of Control.
“It looks like BAT action and the Army patrol was taken by surprise,” the officials said. The action was carried out in close vicinity of LoC and it looked that detailed planning was conducted to carry it out.
However, a senior Army official in Srinagar vehemently denied that troops were killed during BAT action. “It was purely an infiltration bid which was foiled by troops,” the Army official said.
“A patrol of five Army men was moving in the area and two militants were hiding. They spotted the patrol and as it came closer, they opened heavy fire and took position behind a log. A militant who looked like a guide was killed and another escaped. The two militants were part of action to check activity on this side before any bigger infiltration attempt. The bodies of three soldiers were not mutilated,” he said.
A police officer in Kupwara said the postmortem was conducted on Tuesday at Sub-District Hospital in Karnah. “We registered an FIR. All four bodies had multiple bullet injuries,” he said.
The Hizbul Mujahideen claimed that its cadres had carried out the attack.
Killing in Tangdhar sector carried out by BAT?
