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Arrested Pakistan militant sent to attack forward posts in J&K’s Rajouri: Army

A captured Pakistani militant was tasked to attack Indian forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) by a Pakistani intelligence officer in the Pir Panjal’s Rajouri, the Army said on Wednesday as it foiled two infiltration bids and killed two infiltrators in the past 48 hours in Rajouri.

The Pakistani terrorist, identified as Tabarak Hussain, a resident of Sabzkot village, Kotli of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), was arrested on August 21 in Jhangar sector of Naushera.

The Army stated that alert troops spotted the movement of two or three terrorists on their side of the LoC. One terrorist came close to the Indian post and tried cutting the fence, when he was challenged by the alert sentries, it added.

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