Rajouri encounter: Terrorist killed, top Army commander reviews anti-terror operation
Five soldiers were killed on Friday in a gunfight with the terrorists in the Kandi forests of Rajouri district.
Five soldiers were killed on Friday in a gunfight with the terrorists in the Kandi forests of Rajouri district.
The bereaved people in Rajouri district of Jammu have demanded a Balakot-like strike against Pakistani terrorists, who took the lives of 6 civilians in two separate incidents of attack on Monday.
In an incident that embarrassed the BJP, Talib Hussain, one of its office bearers in Rajouri, turned out to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander of Peerpanjal area.
Confirming the terrorist attack, ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh said two armed men indiscriminately fired in the Dungri village about 7 km from the district town of Rajouri.
J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed his grief over the loss of lives and has wished speedy recovery to those injured in the mishap.
A spokesman of the Army said that the 29 years-old Naik Gurcharan was critically injured during the cross-LoC shelling on Wednesday night and later succumbed to the wounds. Indian troops strongly retaliated to firing by Pakistan.
"The Pakistani firing started around 9.15 a.m. The Indian Army retaliated strongly. Firing exchanges are still going on," the official said.
Bodies of the martyred soldiers were on Saturday flown to their native places from Jammu after the wreath-laying ceremony.
The IED was reportedly planted on the patrolling track on the Indian side of the LoC.
Indian military and civilian facilities were targeted by the Pakistan Army using automatic weapons and mortars.
