The BAT, which generally comprises special forces of the Pakistan Army and some terrorists, carried out the attack at around 2 pm with the aid of cover fire by the Pakistani troops from their posts.
Militants fired a grenade at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tral town of Pulwama, a police official said.
The Pakistani troops used mortar bombs and fired with automatic weapons from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector, prompting Indian troops to retaliate, a senior army officer said.
The unprovoked firing from Pakistani side prompted Indian troops to retaliate strongly and effectively.
The Indian Army today gunned down another intruder on LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
According to news agency ANI, Pakistani troops resorted to firing on forward posts. The firing started around 7:40 pm.
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the army was killed on Saturday in an explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said. Police sources in Jammu said that
Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged sweets at various locations on Indian Republic Day today.
After three days, Army and Police today declared that an encounter in Mini Secretariat in Poonch was over with the killing of four terrorists. Personnel of Army and Police stormed the under-construction complex this evening
Gunfight erupted again on Monday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, the same place where four persons were killed on Sunday, police said.
A policeman was killed and another injured in an ongoing encounter between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch early morning today.
Pakistani troops today violated border ceasefire for the second time in less than a week by resorting to small arms firing and mortar shelling on forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Just a day ahead of the 70th Independence Day celebrations in the country, the Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in the Poonch district
Army today foiled an infiltration bid and killed three militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) this morning in Poonch district of Jammu region, the first ceasefire violation in six months.
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