They said the bid was foiled in the Uri sector by joint forces and six pistols and four hand grenades were recovered during the operation so far.

Army in a post on X said that a contact with the infiltrators was established and firefight broke in the area. There is so far no report of any militant casualty.

“OP NARASIMHA BHAIRAVA, URI #Baramulla In a Joint Operation launched by #IndianArmy, @JmuKmrPolice & Intelligence agencies on 21 Oct 23, an infiltration bid was foiled by alert troops along #LoC in #Uri sector, Baramulla. Contact was established with infiltrating terrorists & firefight ensued. 06xPistols & 04xHand Grenades recovered. Operations in progress”, the Army said on X.

(With UNI inputs)