An Army soldier was injured while three infiltrators were shot along the Line of Control during an encounter that broke out in Poonch forward area.

Official sources said that an encounter broke out during an infiltration attempt on Line of Control near Chakan Da Bagh area of Poonch when a group of heavily armed militants were trying to infiltrate from Line of Control in the late evening hours on Friday while encounter lasted for several hours in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

They said that a group of militants were trying to infiltrate from Line of Control but the attempt was thwarted by forces in an intelligence input based operation.

In its statement, the Army said that three infiltrators were seen falling on the Line of Control.

In the Operation Resham, the statement said that Army and Jammu and Kashmir police launched an intelligence based counter infiltration operation during which infiltration bid was eliminated in Krishna Ghati sector in the intervening night of 23rd-24th June.

“One soldier sustained gunshot wound and was evacuated while three infiltrators running towards LoC were engaged by own troops and seen falling down near LoC,” Army said.