Soldier injured in terrorist firing in J&K’s Rajouri
An army soldier was injured on Monday when terrorists fired at a newly set up army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.
An army soldier was injured on Monday when terrorists fired at a newly set up army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.
Officials said the attack at the camp came at about 2 am. This was followed by a brief encounter but the terrorists managed to escape.
According to officials, two separate encounters broke out in Kulgam district on Saturday and were ongoing.
Highly placed sources said that the Indian Army, BSF, CRPF and J&K Police camps across the Jammu division have been asked to remain extra alert.
Two suspected terrorists believed to be affiliated with the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Al Qaeda affiliate, have been apprehended by Assam police in Guwahati.
A team from the NIA Jammu Branch nabbed 22-year-old Zakir Hussain of district Kathua, the eighth accused to be arrested in the case after taking over the case from the Kathua Police.
Identity of the killed terrorists was being ascertained. Search operation is underway in the area and further details are awaited.
The military wing said that the sanitization operation was being conducted and the perpetrators of "this heinous act will be hunted down [and] brought to justice.
The migrant labourer identified a Mukesh from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police gunned down 5 dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists along the Line of Control in Kupwara district's Machil sector.