The GOC was accompanied by Major General Mukesh Bhanwala, GOC Tiger Division.
The armed suspects escaped towards the nearby jungle after consuming the food. However, they forcibly took with them a 13-year-old child who somehow managed to escape from their clutches.
Omar visited the families of the bravehearts, Balvinder Singh, Tariq Ahmad, Jaswant Singh, and Jagbir Singh, who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the Kathua encounter.
The body of another policeman was spotted on Friday by a drone near the spot of yesterday’s fierce gunfight in the far-flung forest area of the Kathua district, taking the death toll of the police personnel to four.
At least two Pakistani terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in J&K’s Kathua district on Thursday when a fresh encounter broke out in the area.
Dheeraj Katoch, who is posted as DSP (Border) in the Special Operations Group (SOG), and the cops were injured during the gunfight at Ghati Juthana in Kathua. They were immediately shifted to the hospital, where their condition was stable.
The Rising Star Corps of the Indian Army said that the joint operation by the Army and J&K Police has led to the recovery of warlike stores yesterday.
The Range DIG, Shiv Kumar, on Monday discussed with security forces the strategy to eliminate the terrorists operating at the high reaches of the Kathua district.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that attempts were being made to give a “political colour” to the killings in Kathua and questioned the police for allowing the BJP MLA and leader of Opposition to visit the bereaved families while preventing the deputy chief minister from going there.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra lashed out at the central government and the LG administration for being "clueless" even as the law and order situation in the upper reaches of Kathua district is worsening.
