Srinagar: Intelligence agencies from Centre have found unexploded RPG (Rocket-Propelled Grenade) shells from the spot where militants attacked an army convoy in the Butapathri area of Gulmarg killing four persons including two soldiers.
The agencies have said that the discovered shells are made in Pakistan.
Last Thursday evening, militants targeted an Army vehicle near the Nagin post at Butapathri, around seven kilometres from Gulmarg town. Butapathri is close to the LoC, and civilian movement in the area is restricted. Two Army soldiers and two civilian porters working with the Army were killed in the attack, and three soldiers were injured.
According to sources, multiple central agencies, including the National Investigation Agency, visited the spot after the attack and found that the militants had tried to use RPGs that were made in Pakistan but had misfired, reported The Indian Express.
“After visiting the spot, they (the agencies) found that the militants fired sophisticated weapons as well as RPGs that had misfired,” a source told IE.
Following the attack, a number of local residents were questioned by central agencies and the local police.
“Prima facie, it appears that they (the militants) were aware about the movement of the Army vehicle and had also conducted recce with the help of a local person before carrying out the attack,” the source said.
