An Army official said that the troops were alert and the attack was foiled. “Three militants have been killed in the ensuing encounter and three AK 47 rifles have been recovered from the spot,” the official said. “At around 5 AM, militants opened firing on an army camp which was retaliated by the alert jawans,” the official added. The Army official further said that militants also opened fire at the forces who were conducting the search operation. “There was firing once again on the camp at 6:30 AM as the forces were conducting the search operation,” the official said. He said the operation was on and additional forces have been rushed to the area. Meanwhile, the Army today foiled three infiltration bids assisted by Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. “Three infiltration bids were foiled in two separate sectors on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir on the intervening night of October 5-6,” an army official said here. He said while two infiltration bids were foiled in Naugam sector, one such attempt was foiled in Rampur sector. “The infiltration attempts were assisted by Pakistani posts,” the official added. Since Indian Army carried out surgical strikes in PoK on September 28 and destroyed six to eight terrorist launch pads, there has been a sharp rise in incidences of ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops.