07-20-2005, 12:46 AM
Pioneer 7/19/2005
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pak gave fire cover </b>
Mohit Kandhari/ Jammu
The Indian Army has not violated the ceasefire agreement which was reached between India and Pakistan in November 2003, a defence spokesperson said here on Tuesday evening. However, a high alert has been sounded across the 750-km stretch of Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to thwart increased attempts by militants to infiltrate into Indian territory.
<b>"There was heavy exchange of fire between militants and the Indian Army in the Mendhar sector in Poonch district when a group of militants made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate,"</b> he clarified.
<b>Pakistani Rangers are said to have provided covering fire.</b> The attack was repulsed and one Faqir Hussain was taken into custody by the army. On thorough investigations, it was found that he was an innocent villager living near village Dhunun in Mendhar. "We handed him over to the Pakistani authorities in the afternoon," the defence spokesperson told The Pioneer.
Meanwhile, a high alert has been sounded along the border areas, which have witnessed a steep rise in infiltration in the past one week. Senior Army functionaries in the Northern command have confirmed that militants, equipped with arms and ammunition, have started infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir from one end of the LoC in Uri to the other end in Akhnoor. During the last six months more than 400 militants have been killed in various parts of the state and on the border.
Eyewitness accounts have revealed that though more than 20 infiltrators were killed in Poonch sector, about 100 rebels had managed to sneak into the state from across Panjni, Loren, Saujia, Lohara, Nowshera and Sunderbani in Poonch Rajouri belts during the past one month.
A senior police officer said that a number of places on the border, dotted by rivers and ravines have not been fenced. These very gaps have been used by the infiltrators. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It was not Paki Army but ghost were firing. Indian Army Chief is sleeping.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pak gave fire cover </b>
Mohit Kandhari/ Jammu
The Indian Army has not violated the ceasefire agreement which was reached between India and Pakistan in November 2003, a defence spokesperson said here on Tuesday evening. However, a high alert has been sounded across the 750-km stretch of Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to thwart increased attempts by militants to infiltrate into Indian territory.
<b>"There was heavy exchange of fire between militants and the Indian Army in the Mendhar sector in Poonch district when a group of militants made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate,"</b> he clarified.
<b>Pakistani Rangers are said to have provided covering fire.</b> The attack was repulsed and one Faqir Hussain was taken into custody by the army. On thorough investigations, it was found that he was an innocent villager living near village Dhunun in Mendhar. "We handed him over to the Pakistani authorities in the afternoon," the defence spokesperson told The Pioneer.
Meanwhile, a high alert has been sounded along the border areas, which have witnessed a steep rise in infiltration in the past one week. Senior Army functionaries in the Northern command have confirmed that militants, equipped with arms and ammunition, have started infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir from one end of the LoC in Uri to the other end in Akhnoor. During the last six months more than 400 militants have been killed in various parts of the state and on the border.
Eyewitness accounts have revealed that though more than 20 infiltrators were killed in Poonch sector, about 100 rebels had managed to sneak into the state from across Panjni, Loren, Saujia, Lohara, Nowshera and Sunderbani in Poonch Rajouri belts during the past one month.
A senior police officer said that a number of places on the border, dotted by rivers and ravines have not been fenced. These very gaps have been used by the infiltrators. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It was not Paki Army but ghost were firing. Indian Army Chief is sleeping.