<p>Heavy cross-border firing was reported from the Pakistan side on the Sabzain Forward Defence Location along the LoC in Poonch district around 11:30 am on Monday, a senior Army official said.<br /><br />Indian troops retaliated, resulting in the exchange of fire for half-an-hour during which Shurvir Singh, a BSF jawan, was killed. This was the fifth infiltration bid in a week.<br />There were also reports of firing of two rockets on the forward post in the same area at 11:35 am and 11:45 am.<br /><br />Earlier, militants triggered a blast to destroy border fencing in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector, but BSF troops foiled their attempt after a fierce gunfight.<br />Taking advantage of the dense fog in the area, a group of militants triggered the blast near the border fencing in the Alfa Machel border outpost at Akhnoor, 35 km from here, a senior BSF official said.<br /><br />The gunfight continued for over an hour following which the militants fled. As the fence has been cut, a major search operation has been launched in the area to find out whether any militant has managed to sneak into the Indian territory.<br /><br />The first infiltration bid this year was foiled by the BSF at Narianpur Border outpost in the Ramgarh sub-sector of Samba district on January 4. There was another bid along the LoC in the Balakote area of Poonch on January 8. A BSF patrolling party foiled a bid in the forward area of Garkhal in the Pargwal belt of Akhnoor on Sunday.</p>
<p>Heavy cross-border firing was reported from the Pakistan side on the Sabzain Forward Defence Location along the LoC in Poonch district around 11:30 am on Monday, a senior Army official said.<br /><br />Indian troops retaliated, resulting in the exchange of fire for half-an-hour during which Shurvir Singh, a BSF jawan, was killed. This was the fifth infiltration bid in a week.<br />There were also reports of firing of two rockets on the forward post in the same area at 11:35 am and 11:45 am.<br /><br />Earlier, militants triggered a blast to destroy border fencing in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector, but BSF troops foiled their attempt after a fierce gunfight.<br />Taking advantage of the dense fog in the area, a group of militants triggered the blast near the border fencing in the Alfa Machel border outpost at Akhnoor, 35 km from here, a senior BSF official said.<br /><br />The gunfight continued for over an hour following which the militants fled. As the fence has been cut, a major search operation has been launched in the area to find out whether any militant has managed to sneak into the Indian territory.<br /><br />The first infiltration bid this year was foiled by the BSF at Narianpur Border outpost in the Ramgarh sub-sector of Samba district on January 4. There was another bid along the LoC in the Balakote area of Poonch on January 8. A BSF patrolling party foiled a bid in the forward area of Garkhal in the Pargwal belt of Akhnoor on Sunday.</p>
