Northern Army Commander asks troops to remain alert during anti-terrorist ops
A junior commissioned officer of the army’s elite special forces lost his life and three soldiers were injured during a terror attack in Kishtwar recently.
In another major success within two days, six terrorists were on Sunday morning killed in an encounter with security forces at Batagund in Shopian district of South Kashmir. A soldier of the Army was reportedly injured during the encounter.
The security forces had on 23 November also killed 6 terrorists of whom 3 were top commanders of Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT).
Today’s encounter broke out in the wee hours when a joint team of army’s 34RR, CRPF and SOG launched a cordon and search operation in Batagund following credible reports of presence of terrorists.
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Reports said that six bodies of terrorists have been recovered.
Identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained.
It is worth mentioning that 44 terrorists of various outfits have been killed in Shopian during the current year.
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