Army officer, 4 others killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

Srinagar, Oct 11, 2021: An army officer and four other personnel were killed in action during an encounter between security forces and terrorists during an anti-insurgency operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, defence sources said.

 

The operation was launched in a village close to Dera Ki Gali in Surankote in the early hours following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there, they said.

The hiding terrorists opened heavy fire on the search parties resulting in critical injuries to a Junior Commissioned Officer or JCO and four other ranks. They died from their injuries.

Officials said there were reports about the presence of a group of heavily-armed terrorists in the Chamrer forest, after they managed to sneak from across the Line of Control (LoC).Reinforcements have been rushed to the area to plug all escape routes of the terrorists, they said.