J&K Encounter: The Indian Army thwarted an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector, officials said on Saturday. Following the encounter, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed.
According to officials, alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near a stream in a forward forest setting in the Keri Bhattal area late Friday night and challenged them, leading to a fierce gunfight that went on for quite some time, as reported by news agency PTI.
A JCO was injured in the encounter and later succumbed to injuries, the officials said, adding the whole area has been cordoned off with the…