An unidentified terrorist was killed, and a soldier was injured during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday.
Officials reported that the terrorists attacked a newly established Army ‘Naka’ (Checkpost) near the home of Shaurya Chakra awardee Parshotam Kumar, a member of the village defence committee (VDC), in Gundha Khawas village at around 3 a.m.
“One soldier sustained bullet injuries in the attack while a cow was killed. The checkpost had been set up after receiving inputs about the movement of terrorists,” officials said.
The President recently awarded Parshotam Kumar the Shaurya Chakra for his role in killing a terrorist in the Kalakote area of Rajouri district.
Following the attack, a massive search operation was launched and is currently underway.
The Army has deployed approximately 4,000 additional soldiers in the hilly districts of the Jammu division to counter the group of terrorists operating in these areas.
Soldiers drawn from the elite Para Commandos and those trained in mountain warfare have been deployed to eradicate terrorism.
There has been a noticeable increase in terrorist attacks in the otherwise peaceful Jammu division. The security forces have employed a revised strategy to combat the hit-and-run tactics of terrorists.
As per official reports, 50 soldiers have lost their lives in various terror attacks amid a surge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Additionally, 9 civilians were killed in Reasi when terrorists ambushed a bus returning from Katra in the Shiv Khori area.
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