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Published 14:45 IST, August 2nd 2019

Pakistan Army exposed: Indian forces showcase terrorists' Pak mines & US-made sniper rifle meant to attack Amarnath Yatris

In a joint press brief held by Chinar Corps Commander Lt General KJS Dhillon and J&K DGP Dilbag Singh in Srinagar, they revealed that they had intelligence inputs that there were attempts of attacks on Amarnath yatra by Pakistan.

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Pakistan Army exposed: Indian forces showcase terrorists' Pak mines & US-made sniper rifle meant to attack Amarnath Yatris
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In a joint press brief by Chinar Corps Commander Lt General KJS Dhillon and J&K DGP Dilbag Singh in Srinagar they revealed that they had intelligence inputs that there were attempts of attacks on Amarnath yatra by Pakistan and that they had recovered IEDs and US made Sniper rifle. It was also said categorically that Pakistan is 'desperate to distrupt' the peace in Kashmir. 

Speaking in the press conference, Lt General KJS Dhillon said that Pakistan Army landmine has been recovered from one of the caches of terrorists. He added that it clearly indicates that Pakistan Army is involved in terrorism in Kashmir and declared that it will not be tolerated. The Jammu and Kashmir DGP further said that five active designs involved in amking IED have been arrested and government have been informed to take action on those who produces IED as there have been inputs that terrorist elements steal IED in some cases. It was also informed that they have recovered an M-24 American sniper rifle with a telescope from a terror cache along the route of annual Amarnath yatra.

Before showing the picture of the Pakistani land mine and sniper rifle, Commander Dhillon said that even as the press conference is going on active operation is taking place in Shopian district and also revealed that an IED attack attempt was disrupted by the forces in Shopian district.  

Lt General KJS Dhillon also added, "In the last 3 to 4 days, the very specific and confirmed intelligence reports that terrorist backed by Pakistan Army and Pakistan are trying to distrupt the Yatra and based on that thorough search on both the routes, by a combined team of Army, CRPF and JKP carried out an extensive search on the route. For the last 3 days these searches are going on. We have had major successes in the searches. Some IDs have been recovered, cashes of ammunition, explosives and weapons have been recovered. Pakistan Army's mine has been recovered from these searches," he added.

Photographs of the mine, sniper rifle that was recovered was shown in the press conference. He added that there were lot of IED that was recovered. He said that the Civilians were injured despite heavy shelling which clearly shows the intent of the Pakistani side that they want to disrupt the peace in the valley. 

Sniper rifle: 


IED Circuit Board:

 Remote Control Device attached to it:


Anti personnel mine:

Various locations from where mines and IED were recovered:

READ: Centre deploys additional troops in Kashmir, days after positioning 10000 paramilitary forces in the valley

Centre deployed more troops in Kashmir valley

After Centre's major move to deploy 10,000 paramilitary troops in the Kashmir valley, sources reported that additional 28,000 paramilitary personnel are being moved to the valley. Since Thursday troops are moving to the state and taking various positions in different states, say sources.  Although political parties in the state has started fear mongering on the status of Article 35 A after troops deployment in the valley, centre has not said anything on scrapping of Article 35A, which defines permanent residents of the state and bars outsiders from purchasing and owning immovable property as the matter is sub-judice. The holy Amarnath pilgrimage is also suspended in the valley till August 4 in view of bad weather conditions. Army chief General Bipin Rawat arrived in Srinagar on Thursday to review the security preparations in Kashmir ahead of Independence Day celebrations. 

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Updated 20:11 IST, August 2nd 2019