JAMMU: An underground tunnel has been detected near the international border in Samba sector of Jammu and cashmereDGP Dilbag Singh said on Sunday.
Previously, forces had launched a massive operation to unearth an underground tunnel that was suspected of having been used by the four Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists to sneak into the country from Pakistan.
The four terrorists were killed in a shootout when a Kashmir-bound truck, in which they were traveling, was stopped for search at the Ban toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Thursday.
Previously, forces had launched a massive operation to unearth an underground tunnel that was suspected of having been used by the four Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists to sneak into the country from Pakistan.
The four terrorists were killed in a shootout when a Kashmir-bound truck, in which they were traveling, was stopped for search at the Ban toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Thursday.
A huge cache of weapons and ammunition, including 11 AK assault rifles, three pistols, 29 grenades, and six UBGL grenades were recovered from the possession of the murdered terrorists, who, according to police, had come to execute a “grand plan” to disrupt the District. The Development Council elections, scheduled to take place in eight phases beginning November 28.
Based on material recovered from the killed terrorists, the terrorists were suspected of infiltrating India from Pakistan through an underground tunnel in the Samba district, officials said.
The BSF carried out a massive anti-tunnel operation.
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