In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces and terrorists exchanged fire following a search operation in Udhampur district today, leading to the death of an army Jawan.
Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the firing took place in the Dudu-Basantgarh area during a cordon and search operation launched by the security forces based on information about the presence of terrorists in the area. As the forces zeroed in on the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists opened fire, which was retaliated against, triggering an encounter. The operation is underway when reports last came in.
“Based on specific intelligence, a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police was launched today in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur,” the White Knight Corps said on X. Contact was established and a fierce firefight ensued, it said. “One of our bravehearts sustained grievous injuries in the initial exchange and later succumbed despite best medical efforts,” the army said. The operation was still underway when last reports came in from the spot, they added.
The Udhampur encounter comes a day after a gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in J&K’s Kulgam district. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tangmarg area of Kulgam district following information about the presence of ultras there. An encounter broke out after the terrorists opened fire on the security personnel, they said.
No casualties were reported in the exchange of fire, the officials had said. Earlier on Wednesday, two terrorists were killed as an infiltration bid was foiled along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The security forces are on high alert after Tuesday’s terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
A devastating terror attack rocked a popular tourist spot near Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday, where terrorists opened fire at a town on Tuesday afternoon, claiming the lives of at least 28 people, mostly holidayers from other states.
The Tuesday attack was the deadliest in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019. The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday afternoon.
