Two terrorists affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit had been gunned down by safety forces on Wednesday in a gunfight on the Udhampur-Kathua border in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The event comes simply days forward of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in Doda.
“Two Terrorists Neutralised within the Ongoing Operation at Khandara #Kathua by Troops of Rising Star Corps. Operations in progress” mentioned the Rising Star Corps of the Indian Military in a put up on X.
The safety forces recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, a US-made M4 carbine, a pistol, magazines, a machete, a cell phone, tarpaulin, and different warlike shops from the positioning of the encounter.
OP KHANDARA
Two Terrorists Neutralised within the Ongoing Operation at Khandara #Kathua by Troops of Rising Star Corps. Operations in progress.@prodefencejammu@westerncomd_ia@adgpi@jmukmrPolice@ANI@ddnews_jammu@GreaterKashmir@DailyExcelsior1
— Rising Star Corps_IA (@RisingStarCorps) September 11, 2024
Yet another terrorist is believed to be trapped within the Khandara prime space and efforts are on to neutralise him, mentioned the officers, reported PTI.
Extra reinforcements had been despatched and the operation was prolonged to adjoining Kadwah and Raichak, the officers mentioned. The operation was collectively launched by the Military and police within the early hours of Wednesday and the primary contact with the terrorists was made at round 12:50 pm resulting in a fierce gunfight.
The world has witnessed over half-a-dozen encounters up to now six months with Wednesday’s encounter being the primary profitable operation in opposition to the terrorists within the dense forest space. A village defence guard was killed within the forest space on April 28 and a CRPF inspector on August 19.
The incident comes amid the run-up to the meeting polls in Jammu and Kashmir that are happening for the primary time because the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. PM Modi will likely be within the Union Territory on Saturday the place he’ll maintain a marketing campaign rally.