On Friday evening, however, some enemy movement had been observed close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Mushkoh sector. Some 30 to 40 enemy personnel were seen moving northwards with loads on them, indicating vacation of the Indian territory. Indian troops, it was stated, were consequently moving forward for occupying dominating heights along the LoC.

"The Movement is deliberately slow, in view of the anti-personnel mines strewn by the enemy while pulling out", the spokesman said.He said that in the last 24 hours, six Indian soldiers were wounded in mine explosions. In Drassector, point 5100 was occupied by the Indian troops at 5pm on Friday and a large number of weapons were recovered at various positions vacated by the enemy forces. "This is illustrative of the enemy's desire to expeditiously withdraw to safety, besides a sagging state of morale, as soldiers never abandon their personal weapons", he added.From the information voluntarily provided by Naik Inayat Ali and sepoy Humar Shah, the two prisoners of war, it has emerged that the Northern Light Infantry personnel were peeved with their senior military commanders, specially their commanding officers, who never visited the intrusion areas and continued to live a comfortable life in the rear areas in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, while their young officers and troops were facing innumerable difficulties in the battle filed. It has also been highlighted by them that there is a lot of frustration among the Pakistani troops for making them sacrificial goats in the Kargil misadventure.These PoWs have also stated that thePakistani army has deliberately employed only the troops of the Northern areas so that backlash, if any, remained confined to northern areas which are currently being administered by the Pakistan army. Replying to questions, the army spokesman said the Indian troops expected to touch the LoC in most sectors within the next 24 hours. He explained that the delay was on account of the tough terrain and landmines planted by the retreating Pakistani soldiers.Meanwhile, India on Saturday handed over the bodies of two Pakistani army officers to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) after Pakistani authorities claimed to be theirs, according to an external affairs ministry spokesman on Saturday. The ICRC will, in turn, hand over the bodies to Pakistan.