Video: Infiltration Attempt Near Line Of Control Seen On Thermal Cameras

New Delhi:

A pre-dawn infiltration attempt by two terrorists from Pakistan near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch was captured in a video released by the Army today. 

The footage, captured by thermal cameras installed for better patrolling of the highly sensitive border areas, showed the two men crossing into India under the cover of dark through a dense forest along the LoC. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday.

The Army fired at the two terrorists, believed to be from the Hizbul Mujahideen, and killed one of them. He has been identified as Muneer Hussain, a resident of Bagyladra Poonch. There is no information yet on what happened to the other infiltrator who was shot.

A self-styled Division Commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, Hussain, crossed over to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 1993 for arms training and returned in 1996. He again went back to PoK in 1998, the Army said.

He was the mastermind behind a number of attacks on security forces and was close to an associate of Maulana Dawood Kashmir, who in turn is a close aide of Syed Salauddin, the founder of Hizbul Mujahideen. 

“As per reliable intelligence inputs, a high-level meeting of the Hizbul Mujahideen Group took place in Islamabad which he attended. The agenda of the meeting was the revival of terrorism in Rajouri and Poonch areas,” said Lt Col Suneel Bartwal, defence spokesperson.

“It is evident that Pak is trying to send old terror veterans to the Union Territory of J&K to motivate and recruit youth thus making desperate attempts to revive terrorism,” he said.