Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, defence officials said.

"During midnight (12/13 July) there was an infiltration attempt along LoC in the Poonch sector, which was suitably foiled by our alert troops," said Defence PRO, Jammu on Wednesday.

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Further details are awaited.

The development comes days after an intelligence report stating that over a dozen terrorist launch pads have again become active across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK).

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As per inputs, a top government official citing intelligence input said, nearly 200 terrorists are waiting on these launch pads in PoK to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir.

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