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The Army Chief said emergency procurement powers given by the Centre has helped the force to modernise itself.
Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat arrived here on Sunday to review an anti-terror operation at the Sunjuwan camp which was attacked by JeM militants a day ago leading to the deaths of two soldiers.
The victims, including a junior army officer, were killed and nine others injured after the group of heavily-armed Jaish-e-Muhammad militants dressed in army fatigues stormed into the camp at around 4.45 a.m on Saturday.
The militants entered the family quarters when everyone was asleep, according to defence officials.
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Three terrorists have been killed, while one terrorist is still reportedly holed up.
The final assault against the fourth militant is likely to begin in a short while, the officials said.
The operation to flush out JeM terrorists who stormed an Army camp entered the second day today with the Army saying that there was no firing during the night and the focus continued to be the evacuation of people from the family quarters.
A group of heavily armed Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists struck the sprawling camp of the 36 brigade of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry in the early hours yesterday, triggering a gunbattle which left two Army personnel including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) dead.]
(With agencies inputs)
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