Jammu, April 13 -- Tensions escalated along the LoC in Keri Battal area of Akhnoor Sector in Jammu after a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army succumbed to his injuries soon after thwarting a major infiltration bid aided by the Pakistan Army late Friday night. In Kishtwar, firing resumed on Saturday, hours after senior Army and police officers briefed the media about the ongoing anti-terror operation in which three terrorists have so far been neutralised by a joint team of security forces.
The Indian Army also sounded high alert and launched massive searches in the forward areas of Akhnoor Sector after rushing reinforcements to prevent any fresh infiltration bid.
The suspected movement of heavily armed infiltrators was ca...