Five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets were recovered after a terrorist hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, said officials on Monday.
The J&K Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of Pakistani nationals and local Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.
An Army soldier was killed on Thursday during a gunfight with terrorists in the Basantgarh area of the Udhampur district.
The identity of the informer will be kept strictly confidential, the police said.
Home Minister Amit Shah reached Srinagar this evening to review the security situation.
The Indian Army on Thursday described the killing of the two terrorists in Hadipora area ‘a big success’ for the security forces.
Reports said that the terrorists forcibly entered a house and asked for drinking water. The owner of the house and his son managed to escape. However, terrorists fired at them.
Police said strenuous efforts were made to trace these persons during the current year up to 30 April.
Reports said that the IEDs were recovered near the Line of Control (LoC) in a joint search operation by the Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police.
The training is focused on operational tactics, intelligence sharing, and counter-terrorism strategies, drawing on the Indian Army’s extensive experience in these fields, a defence spokesman said.
