In a significant push for urban infrastructure, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, along with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Saturday inaugurated the first-ever Multi-level Parking Complex in the heart of Kathua town.
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.
Six persons of a family, including two children, died of asphyxiation when a fire erupted in a house in Jammu's Kathua early Wednesday, officials said.
Several issues raised by individual citizens and delegations were resolved on the spot, while instructions for immediate action were issued in several other cases.
Head Constable Bashir Ahmad lost his life while fighting the terrorists with his light machine gun (LMG) in the Billawar area of Kathua where Pakistani terrorists were operating for the past few months.
Two terrorists eliminated in Kashmir's Kulgam six security forces personnel injured.
Contact has been established and few rounds have been fired from both sides.
