Army kills 13 intruders along LOC in 96 hours, claims to defeat Pak's 'sinister design'

In a statement, the Indian army said: "The sinister design of Pakistan Army to push in multiple groups of armed intruders across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir continue to be defeated by pro-active operations being carried out on the LoC."

"Relentless operations mounted by troops have successfully intercepted groups of armed intruders all along the LC in Gurez, Machhil, Naugam and Uri Sectors leading to elimination of 13 armed intruders in the past 96 hours," it further said.

Following the army statement, Pakistan resorted to heavy firing at India’s forward military posts and civilian areas in Poonch district of J-K, media reports said.

On Friday, the army gunned down five infiltrators in north Kashmir’s Uri sector.

On June 8, the army eliminated groups of four and three armed intruders in Machhil and Naugam sectors.

A soldier, identified as Tara Bahadur Roka, also died in Nowgam.

“The explosives, arms and ammunition recovered from them are an indication of Pakistan’s designs to orchestrate high-profile terror attacks on innocent civilians and security forces during the holy month of Ramzan," the army statement said.