<p>Taking advantage of the dense fog in the area, a group of militants triggered a blast near the border fencing in Alfa Machel border outpost in Akhnoor, 35 kms from here, a senior BSF official said<br /><br />BSF troops of 122 battalion fired at the infiltrating militants and the subsequent gunbattle between the two sides continued for over an hour. The militants then fled back.<br />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 in.<br /><br />This is the fourth infiltration attempt along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in a week.<br /><br />The first infiltration bid this year was foiled by BSF at Narianpur Border Out Post in Ramgarh sub-sector of Samba district on January 4.<br /><br />It was followed by another infiltration bid along Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote area of Poonch district on January 8.<br /><br />A patrolling party of BSF also foiled another infiltration bid after a brief firefight when militants after cutting the fence had come inside in the forward area of Garkhal in Pargwal belt of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district yesterday</p>
<p>Taking advantage of the dense fog in the area, a group of militants triggered a blast near the border fencing in Alfa Machel border outpost in Akhnoor, 35 kms from here, a senior BSF official said<br /><br />BSF troops of 122 battalion fired at the infiltrating militants and the subsequent gunbattle between the two sides continued for over an hour. The militants then fled back.<br />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 in.<br /><br />This is the fourth infiltration attempt along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in a week.<br /><br />The first infiltration bid this year was foiled by BSF at Narianpur Border Out Post in Ramgarh sub-sector of Samba district on January 4.<br /><br />It was followed by another infiltration bid along Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote area of Poonch district on January 8.<br /><br />A patrolling party of BSF also foiled another infiltration bid after a brief firefight when militants after cutting the fence had come inside in the forward area of Garkhal in Pargwal belt of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district yesterday</p>
