Uri: Combing ops intensify but Army can't find terrorists' bodies

Despite inclement weather, army was yesterday carrying out intense combing-cum search operations in Uri and Naugam sectors along the Line of Control in Kashmir where alert troops foiled two infiltration bids but have so far drawn a blank in retrieving bodies of the slain terrorists

A Kashmiri man ducks to cross an iron barricade with coils of razor wire near a military base at Braripora, near the LoC. Pic/AP

URI: Despite inclement weather, army was yesterday carrying out intense combing-cum search operations in Uri and Naugam sectors along the Line of Control in Kashmir where alert troops foiled two infiltration bids but have so far drawn a blank in retrieving bodies of the slain terrorists. The sources said army was treading cautiously in retrieving the bodies of the slain terrorists, as there was a possibility of enemy troops opening fire. “The bodies of the terrorists are so close to the LoC that army might not be able to recover them,” they said.

However, they have not managed to reach the spot where the bodies were supposed to be lying. While bodies of terrorists have been spotted nearly 300 metres short of the LoC, a search is on in neighbouring areas to find out if there are more casualties on ultras’ side, the sources said.

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