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Sepoy from Batala dies as infiltration foiled

SRINAGAR: A soldier, Sepoy Mandeep Singh, 32, from Chahal Khurd village in Batala, Gurdaspur, was killed as troops repelled an infiltration bid which left a militant dead in the remote Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today.

Sepoy from Batala dies as infiltration foiled

Sepoy Mandeep Singh



Azhar Qadri

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, November 22

A soldier, Sepoy Mandeep Singh, 32, from Chahal Khurd village in Batala, Gurdaspur, was killed as troops repelled an infiltration bid which left a militant dead in the remote Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today.

“Two soldiers have been injured and shifted to hospital,” Defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said.

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An operation is underway to trace the militants who may have sneaked into the Kashmir valley. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area, he added.

With winter approaching, there has been a rise in the number of infiltration attempts this month as heavy snowfall cuts off Valley routes. Keran sector is a key infiltration route for the militants from across the border. 

The fresh infiltration attempt in the sector comes a day after three militants and a soldier were killed in two gunfights in the frontier district.

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