A large search operation continued Monday within the dense forests of Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district as safety forces combed the realm for terrorists accountable for the dying of an elite para commando. The search, which has been ongoing for over 4 days, intensified following the dying of Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of the Military’s 2 Para unit, who was killed in a gunfight with terrorists within the Keshwan space on Sunday.
Safety forces launched the encounter when joint search events from the military and police intercepted the terrorists round 11 a.m. Sunday. “Fierce firing exchanges had continued for over 4 hours,” an official said, including that, apart from the fatality of the para commando, three different troopers sustained accidents. Regardless of the extreme firefight, the terrorists managed to evade seize, and no additional contact was established after the encounter.
Officers consider that three to 4 terrorists, suspected of killing two village protection guards (VDGs) in Ohli village, stay holed up within the Keshwan space. “Thick foliage and the difficult topography of the realm pose a major impediment, however the safety forces are decided to trace and neutralize the terrorists,” officers mentioned.
The encounter follows the brutal killing of two civilians, Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, each VDGs from Ohli village, who had been kidnapped and murdered by the terrorists. Their deaths have stirred anger and grief in Kishtwar, the place a whole bunch attended their funeral, and the city noticed a whole shutdown in protest.
The latest surge in terrorist exercise within the hilly districts of Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, and Udhampur has raised alarms amongst safety forces. These international mercenaries, lively for a number of months, have engaged in a sequence of assaults on army, safety forces, police, and civilians earlier than retreating into the densely forested areas, making them troublesome to apprehend.
