FOUR days after an attack on a battalion headquarters of the Rashtriya Rifles in Baramulla, another attempt to storm a Rashtriya Rifles camp was foiled early Thursday when securitymen gunned down three militants after an exchange of fire in the Langate area of Handwara in north Kashmir. Colonel Rajiv Saharan, Commanding Officer of 30 RR, said they recovered three AK rifles and a  large quantity of arms and ammunition after the gunbattle. He said medicines seized from the spot had Pakistan markings, indicating that the gunmen had come from across the border.
Officials said the militants fired on the sentry posts of the 30 RR camp at Langate around 5 am but were engaged by soldiers guarding the camp. Failing to sneak into the camp, the militants tried to escape but were intercepted by the Army’s Quick Reaction Team. The militants were killed after a gunbattle.