‘Major infiltration bid’ foiled along international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba: BSF
A “major infiltration bid” was foiled along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Thursday night amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, said the Border Security Force.
The incident took place at about 11 pm, shortly after the Pakistani military targeted Indian military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur near the international border using missiles and drones.
The Samba district is located next to Jammu and Udhampur.
The Indian armed forces had neutralised the Pakistani threat “with kinetic and non-kinetic means” and no losses were reported, the Integrated Defence Staff headquarters said on Thursday night.
A blackout was enforced in several cities of North India amid reports that Pakistani drones were attempting to attack the Jammu region. Several social media users in Jammu reported hearing explosions and seeing missile streaks in the sky.
Blackouts were imposed in Samba, Jammu, Baramulla and Kishtwar areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Amritsar and Jalandhar in Punjab, and Bikaner in Rajasthan.
This came after the Indian military on Wednesday carried out strikes on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Nine sites were targeted during the strikes, which were code-named Operation Sindoor.
At least 31 persons were killed and 46 injured in Pakistan in India’s strikes, reported Al Jazeera. Islamabad claimed that the strikes killed and injured several civilians and...
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