Jammu: Indian Army apprehended an armed Pakistani national who has infiltrated with the intention of carrying out suicide attack on Indian Army Post in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. The apprehended Pakistani who was earlier repatriated on humanitarian grounds by the Indian army in 2017 was critically injured during the capture and is now being treated at an army facility.
Identified as Tabarak Hussain, resident of Sabzkot village, district Kotli of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, has confessed to the crime and has revealed that he came with four-five others and was recruited by a Colonel of Pakistan Intelligence Agency, the Army said.
The Army's 80 Infantry Brigade Commander, Brigadier Kapil Rana, said on August 21, in the morning hours alert soldiers deployed in Jhangar spotted movement of two to three terrorists from across the LoC. One terrorist came close to the Indian post and tried cutting the fence, when he was challenged by alert sentries. The terrorist trying to flee, however, was brought down by effective fire, incapacitating him, he said.
He said two terrorists who were hiding behind, fled the area by taking cover of dense forest and broken ground. The injured Pakistani terrorist was captured alive and provided with immediate medical aid and lifesaving surgery was carried out. Brigadier Rana said the captured terrorist revealed his identity as Hussain, a resident of Sabzkot village of Koti in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
"I was betrayed (by accompanying terrorists) and subsequently captured by Indian Army, Hussain told reporters in a brief interaction at the military hospital, reported PTI. "I underwent six-month training and visited several (terrorist) camps (run by Pakistan army) for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) members," he said.
Brigadier Rajeev Nair, commandant of the military hospital in Rajouri, said the condition of Hussain is stable. He came to bleed our troops but they saved his life, gave him their blood and fed him by their hands, Nair said. At the time of the arrest, officials said he was heard shouting Mai marne ke liye aaya tha, mujhe dhoka de diya. Bhaijaan mujhe yahan se nikalo (I had come to die but was betrayed. Brothers, pull me out from here). As per the officials, his hair of private parts was found shaved, which is being done by terrorists when on a suicide mission as seen in the past.
In a similar operation, the Army observed two to three terrorists trying to infiltrate into Lam sector, also in Naushera. The infiltration party walked into Indian Army's mine fields triggering a series of mines killing two terrorists on the spot and the same was confirmed with the follow up quadcopter sortie.
The Army suspects that rest might be possibly injured and hiding in the area or has gone back taking advantage of the inclement weather and dense foliage. The Army swept the heavily mined area which led to the recovery of two corpses besides an AK-56, three Magazines and a large quantity of ammunition.
"The two infiltration bids in a short span of 48 hours is a direct attempt by the adversary across our Western borders to disrupt the peace in Rajouri region. However, own troops deployed on the Line of Control remain alert to defeat any nefarious designs of the adversary," the Army said.
