Updates
- Operation Keran ends, Army Chief confirms Pakistani hand (9 October 2013)
- Keran day 14: Army seizes huge cache of arms (8 October 2013)
- Army foils another infiltration bid in Keran, kills 4 terrorists (5 October 2013)
Operation Keran ends, Army Chief confirms Pakistani hand
9 October 2013
Rejecting the perception that the Keran incident was on the pattern of Kargil intrusion of 1999, Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Tuesday said it was just an infiltration bid by terrorists but suggested the complicity of Pakistan Army in the episode.
He insisted that terrorists were not occupying any higher ground but sitting in a ‘nallah’ (rivulet) near the Line of Control in Kashmir valley.
“It was a desperate infiltration bid, which has been foiled,” General Singh told reporters here on the sidelines of the Air Force Day parade.
He was asked about the incident in Keran in Kashmir where the Army was engaged for the last 15 days with a group of 35-40 terrorists about 300-400 metres inside Indian territory having a supply-line to Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir, an incident which reminded about the Kargil intrusion of 1999 when Indian posts were occupied.
Source : Niti Central
Keran day 14: Army seizes huge cache of arms
8 October 2013
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A huge cache of arms and war-like stores were recovered by the Army, which is battling holed up terrorists in the Keran sector along the LoC in Kashmir for the 14th day on Monday.
“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.
He said the recoveries include seven AK-47 rifles, four pistols, one sniper refle, 20 UBGL grenades, two radio-sets and other war-like stores. Some medicines and food items were also recovered, he said.
Army had on Sunday recovered three AK rifles, 10 pistols, five radio-sets and other items after the search operations in the sector, Col Mitra said.
The operation is on in a vast area along the LoC and so far seven terrorists have been killed — three in Gujjardoor village on Friday and four in Fateh Gali area of the sector on Saturday.
The Army launched a massive anti-infiltration operation in Shalbhatti village in Keran Sector on September 24 after noticing a group of 30 to 40 terrorists trying to sneak into the Valley.
In New Delhi, Government said maintenance of sanctity of LoC was of “primary importance” and asserted that after assessment, if required, it will take the matter further in the operations against the terrorists.
An External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said further necessary action, as appropriate, will be taken if required based on the assessment of the current operations against the terrorists who infiltrated from across the Line of Control.
“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,” the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said.
He also said if at the outcome of the efforts by the Army, there was a requirement for India “to take this further ahead, we will do so” after making an assessment.
Asked when will the Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan will meet to ease border tensions in the Kashmir region, as was agreed in the meeting between Singh and Sharif, he said the DGMOs talk every Tuesday and the meeting will depend on their telephonic conversation.
Source : Niti Central
Army foils another infiltration bid in Keran, kills 4 terrorists
5 October 2013
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| An army soldier takes position during an operation in Keran sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district to prevent infiltration by militants across the border. (File photo by PTI) |
The Army on Saturday foiled another infiltration bid at Fateh Galli in Keran Sector, Kupwara district. The Army gunned down four terrorists after a two-hour gunbattle, a news report said. At least six AK 47 rifles and four pistols and other warlike ammunition were also recoverd from terrorists.
Th Army has been battling 30 to 40 terrorists since 12 days and it is being seen as a tactic to divert the attention of Army, which is concentrating on the ongoing operations in Keran. Meanwhile, the Army is saying that the operation in Keran has entered is its last leg. Four terrorists have been killed in the operation so far and search operations in the area are still on. The operation is taking place in the high altitude, thickly forested Shala Bhata area, which has been cordoned off.
The sources also stated that Pakistan is behind these infiltration bids.
Source : NitiCentral
