Soldier injured as terrorists open fire on Army camp in Rajouri
Srinagar, July 07: Six terrorists were killed in twin encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, while two soldiers attained martyrdom in these operations, officials said on Sunday.
“The bodies of two terrorists were recovered from the Modergam encounter site while four bodies were recovered from the Chinnigam site on Sunday,” they said.
The twin encounters in the two villages of Kulgam district began on Saturday.
Two army soldiers, including an elite para commando, laid down their lives while battling the terrorists, the officials said.
They have been identified as Lance Naik Pardeep Kumar and Sepoy Pravin Janjal Prabhakar.
The contact with terrorists was established during a cordon and search operation in the Frisal Chinnigam area of Kulgam. In the exchange of fire, four terrorists have been killed, the officials said.
Drone footage of the encounter site has shown four bodies lying there, but they could not be retrieved on Saturday, as the security forces exercised caution.
Four bodies of terrorists were recovered from the Chinnigam site on Sunday, officials said.
Similarly, the second gunfight also broke out in Modergam village of the south Kashmir district on Saturday after security forces launched a cordon and search operation there following specific inputs about the presence of terrorists, the officials said.
“The bodies of two terrorists were recovered from the Modergam encounter on Sunday,” officials said.
They added that two army soldiers attained martyrdom in these operations.
Speaking about the operations, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police RR Swain said the neutralisation of such a big number of terrorists was a major achievement.
“Undoubtedly, this is a big milestone in the efforts towards strengthening the security environment. These successes are very meaningful both substantively as well as in terms of messaging,” he said.
The success of the operations is an indication that the fight for elimination of terror in Jammu and Kashmir will reach its end, Swain said.
“This is an indication that the security architecture and involvement of people is leading to the flow of human intelligence and this fight (against terror) will be taken to its logical conclusion,” he added.
Meanwhile, an Army personnel was injured when terrorists opened fire on a security post in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said.
The terrorists fired on a sentry post of Territorial Army at village Galuthi in Manjakote area around 4 am, prompting retaliation by troops, they said.
They said the soldier was injured in the exchange of fire that continued for nearly half-an-hour between the two sides but the terrorists managed to flee into the nearby forest.
A massive search operation was launched to track down the terrorists.
