The newly recruited militants surrendered before security forces after the forces launched an operation to stop them from exfiltrating across the LoC.
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Security forces on Sunday arrested four newly recruited Kashmiri militants while they were being taken to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) through the Line of Control (LoC) by reported terrorists of the Al-Badr outfit for arms training.
Spokesman of the Army, Colonel Rajesh Kalia, said that the new recruits were arrested when three Al-Badr terrorists were attempting to exflitrate across the LoC in the upper reaches of Kalroos in Kupwara district. The three Al-Badr terrorists deserted the new recruits and fled from there. The Army has launched a combing operation in the area.
“On receipt of credible information about four newly recruited terrorists being guided by three terrorists of Al-Badr for a planned exfiltration, the Army in a joint operation with police, laid an ambush and trapped the terrorists in upper reaches of Kalaroosin Handwara,” Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said.
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He said that after a brief gunfight, “extreme restraint was exercised and opportunity given to the terrorists to surrender”.
“While the four newly recruited terrorists surrendered. The three Al-Badr terrorists deserted the new recruits and fled under the cover of fire,” Col Kalia said, adding war-like stores were recovered from their possession.
The search is on to trace the other militants, the spokesman said.
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