Pakistan army, terrorists trying to attack Amarnath Yatra |
“A landmine with marks of a Pakistan ordinance factory and a US-made rifle were among the cache of arms recovered from a yatra route.”The Pakistan army and terrorists, desperate to disrupt peace in Jammu and Kashmir, were attempting to attack the Amarnath Yatra, according to General Officer Commanding (GOC)15 Corps Lt. Gen. Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon. “A search operation is still on the twin routes of the Amarnath Yatra in south and central Kashmir. A landmine with marks of a Pakistan ordinance factory and a U.S.-made rifle were among the cache of arms recovered from one of the yatra route,” he said.“The highway and the foot tracks of the Amarnath Yatra are being searched thoroughly. The location will not be divulged as sanitisation operation is on,” he said.IEDs were emerging as a “pronounced” threat this year and one such attack was carried out on the Army in Shopian on Thursday, but no damage was reported. Around 10 IED attacks were carried out after the Pulwama attack in February last. However, one major IED expert, Munna Lahori, and many other such Pakistani experts had been neutralised this year.The situation on the Line of Control (LoC) was “normal”.
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