Pakistan pushing in its retired Army soldiers in Rajouri, Poonch: Army commander
The Northern Army Commander said: "Though we lost five of our brave soldiers in the encounter, we eliminated two dreaded terrorists."
The Northern Army Commander said: "Though we lost five of our brave soldiers in the encounter, we eliminated two dreaded terrorists."
The raids were conducted at five locations across Gursai village of Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch district.
The incident has come a day after the killing of a Pakistani terrorist in Reasi district of Jammu Division.
The DGP chaired a joint security review meeting with officers of Police and Army at the BG Brigade headquarters at Mender, Poonch and at Kalakote in Rajouri.
Muneer Hussain, one of the most dreaded terrorists killed along with his accomplice in an infiltration bid, was tasked to revive terrorism in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
Two terrorists were killed as the army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a defence official said on Monday.
The soldiers were crossing the Dogra nallah at Poshana in the Surankote area when they were swept away by the flood triggered by heavy rain, an Army officer confirmed.
The infiltration bid in Krishna Ghati Sector was made on the night of June 14-15, confirmed the defence spokesman Lt Colonel Devender Anand.
A BSF spokesman said on Saturday that the DG reviewed the challenges and present security situation in the twin districts along the Line of Control (LoC).
Sources said that a large area around the spot, where terrorists attacked an army vehicle, is being combed to hunt down the terrorists.
