Srinagar: Army is closing in on the militants at Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, as per the latest reports. Keran sector was occupied by 30 to 40 militants combined with specially trained armed forces of Pakistan Army. The evidences received by the army are much more strong now with each passing day.
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"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 yesterday.
Among the ammo recovered include AK-47 rifles, pistols, one sniper rifle, 20 UBGL grenades, radio-sets and other war-like stores. Some medicines and food items were also found. Many of the weapons and ammunition recovered carry the 'Made in Pakistan' tag.
The Centre meanwhile said maintaining sanctity of the Line of Control (LoC) was of "primary importance".
"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," a spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said.
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DNA's Ishfaq-ul-Hassan meanwhile reports that a letter seized from a slain infiltrator in the Keran sector has exposed Pakistan’s involvement in the current stand-off on the LoC. The letter was written by Havaldar Mohommad Yousuf Chaudhary of 645 MD (Mujhaideen) regiment of Pakistan to his “brother Inayat” seeking help for his associate Farid Malik. “Hope you are in good mood. I have come to know that your letter has reached. I am sending this letter through Farid Malik. Please do whatever you could to help him out,” reads the translation of the letter written in Urdu.
Both India and Pakistan governments had recently done peace talks in midst of the chaos, the argument still continues on the clarity of what is happening in J&K region towards LoC. Pakistan government and army continues to clear that there is no direct involvement of the army in the chaos, but the evidences are much against the Pak government.
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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, October 08, 2013
