Representational file picture of safety personnel taking place in a forest space in Jammu and Kashmir.
| Photo Credit: PTI
A recent firefight between the safety forces and hiding militants took place in the Kandi Forest space in Jammu division’s Rajouri on May 6.
The Army mentioned the safety forces engaged the hiding militants in a firefight in the Kandi Forest space in Jammu’s Rajouri round 1:15 a.m.
“In the ongoing operation in the Kandi Forest in Rajouri sector, contact has been established with terrorists at 0115 hours on 06 May 2023, and firing started,” Jammu-based Army spokesman mentioned.
On Friday morning, the hiding militants detonated explosives and killed 5 troopers instantly after contact was established with them throughout the combing operation.
No our bodies of militants have been retrieved to this point.
The topography of the Kesari Hills, the place the Kandi Forests are positioned, is hard for safety forces due to thick jungles, pure caves and deep gorges.
Five troopers have been killed on April 20 this yr when militants ambushed a truck in the Rajouri-Poonch sector. Security forces had since then began a serious combing operation in the reg
