Doda Encounter: Army Officer, 4 Jawans Killed In Gunfight With Terrorists In JK; Jaish-Linked Outfit Behind Attack

Four navy personnel, such as an officer, who had been critically injured in a gunfight with closely-armed terrorists, succumbed to injuries in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday. The come for the time of unfolded for the duration of a joint operation by Rashtriya Rifles and Dissimilar Operations Crew of J&Ok Police inside the Desa woodland belt. Even with the robust terrain and dense foliage, the brave troops engaged in a fierce firefight with closely-armed terrorists at Dhari Gote Urarbagi. Following a brief trade of fireplace, the terrorists tried to flee then over as soon as to come back had been pursued by the squaddies, finest to any other disagreement late inside the evening. Tragically, 5 squaddies sustained extensive injuries, with four of them, such as the officer, tragically dropping their lives.

Additional troops had been moved in to tighten the cordon, as per officials. Around 2-3 terrorists had been hiding inside the regional. Meanwhile, Kashmir Tigers, a shadow crew of the Pakistan-backed and based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has taken the accountability for the attack.

In a announcement, the fear outfit pointed out the clash and gunfire handed off when the coverage forces launched a search operation for the ‘Mujahideen.’ Kashmir Tigers is the identical crew which additionally claimed accountability for the attack on an Navy convoy in Kathua on July 9.

J&Ok Police recovered ancient arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout inside the Reasi district. The arms and ammunition recovered consist of 30 rounds of AK-forty seven, one journal of AK-forty seven rifle, and one HE-36 hand grenade.

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Navy Chief briefs Rajnath on Doda operation

Chief of Navy Physique of folks Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. The defence minister’s place of job pointed out he spoke to Gen Dwivedi this morning.

“Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh spoke to CoAs, General Upendra Dwivedi this morning. RM changed into apprised of the ground kingdom of affairs and the continuing Counter Terrorist Op in Doda by the Navy Chief,” Singh’s place of job pointed out on X.

Kathua terror attack

This changed into the 2d predominant come for the time of inside the Jammu regional after 5 squaddies had been killed in motion in Kathua final week. The attack, within which 5 squaddies had been additionally injured, changed right into a coordinated strike on two trucks carrying in any case 12 troops.

The terrorists centred the trucks, which had been round Five hundred metres apart, with grenades and, in annoying signs and signs, used armor-piercing bullets (those tipped with hardened steel) and an M4 assault rifle.

Terrorist assaults, which all begun in Poonch and Rajouri districts, have now spread for the time of Jammu, the regional that changed into free from terrorism until some years inside the previous. Over the higher-rated 32 months, Forty eight squaddies were killed in motion inside the Jammu regional.

(With inputs from communities)