Jammu and Kashmir: Five Army personnel together with two captains and three soldiers had been killed in the Rajouri encounter in Jammu and Kashmir (J&Ok). Two terrorists, together with a high Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander skilled in Afghanistan, had been killed in the gunfight, officers mentioned.
Indian Army soldiers who had been killed in the Rajouri encounter:
- Captain MV Pranjal from Mangalore, Karnataka | Wife: Aditi G Muddebihalkar
- Captain Shubham Gupta, from Agra | Father: Basant Kumar Gupta
- Havaldar Abdul Majid, from Ajote, Poonch | Wife: Sagera Bi
- Lance naik Sanjay Bisht, from Halli Padli, Nainital | Mother: Manju Devi
- Paratrooper Sachin Laur, from Nagaliya Giurola, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
On Wednesday, five military personnel, together with two captains, three soldiers had been killed and each other was injured in the operation in opposition to the terrorists in the Dharmsal belt’s Bajimaal space.
The officers mentioned firing was halted in the night time and the world was put below cordon. Firing resumed on Thursday morning, and two terrorist had been killed, they mentioned and added that the operation is in its remaining part.
Earlier in the day, a defence spokesman mentioned in the firing, a Pakistani terrorist has been killed. Later, officers mentioned one other terrorist has been eradicated.
The space was cordoned off and extra safety personnel had been deployed in the night time to make sure the terrorists don’t escape from the thickly forested space, the officers mentioned.
On the Pakistani terrorist killed, the defence spokesman mentioned he has been recognized as Quari, a Pakistan nationwide and hardcore terrorist.
“He has been trained on the Pakistan and Afghanistan front. He is a highly ranked terrorist leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba,” he mentioned.
Quari, a high LeT commander, was energetic in Rajouri-Poonch alongside with his group from previous one 12 months, police mentioned, including that he’s additionally believed to be mastermind of Dangri and Kandi assaults. He was despatched to revive terrorism in the area, they mentioned. Quari was an professional in IEDs, a skilled sniper and operated from caves.
The identification of the opposite terrorist is being verified.
The two injured military personnel — a significant and a jawan — are admitted on the Army’s Command Hospital in Udhampur.
In a publish on X, the White Knight Corps of the Army mentioned primarily based on particular intelligence, joint operations had been launched in the Kalakote space of Gulabgarh forest in Rajouri on Sunday.
“Contact established on 22 November and intense firefight ensued. The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in progress, amidst acts of valour and sacrifice by their own brave hearts in trying to prevent collateral damage to women and children in the highest traditions of the Indian Army,” it mentioned.
The encounter in Rajouri comes shut on the heels of one other gunfight in Behrote in Budhal space on November 17, in which one terrorist was killed.
Two earlier ambushes in the Mendhar space of Poonch and Kandi forest of Rajouri on April 20 and May 5, respectively, had claimed the lives of 10 soldiers.
According to officers, 46 deaths have been recorded in terrorism-related incidents in the dual border districts of Rajouri and Poonch and close by Reasi district since January this 12 months.
While 23 folks, together with seven terrorists and 9 safety personnel, had been killed in Rajouri, 15 terrorists and five safety personnel in Poonch district. Three terrorists had been killed in Reasi district.
Reported by Rahi Kapoor
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