The operation to flush out the terrorists from Kashmir has now entered into its fifth day, with over 100 hours of gunfight which led to the deaths of three Indian officers.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police is heading a joint operation to flush out the terrorists who’ve infiltrated the valley from Pakistan occupied Kashmir, exposing the most important function of the Pakistan safety drive within the conspiracy in opposition to India.
The operation to flush out terrorists hiding in Gadole forest space in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district entered the fifth day on Sunday as safety forces widened the world of operation to neighbouring villages and fired a number of mortar shells in direction of the forest, officers mentioned.
Security forces are utilizing drones and helicopters for surveillance of the dense forest space the place terrorists are believed to be holed up since Wednesday after killing two Army officers and a deputy superintendent of police within the preliminary alternate of fireplace, the officers mentioned.
As the operation has been advancing for greater than 100 hours, the Indian armed forces revealed that some of the terrorists infiltrating the nation got cowl fireplace by Pakistani forces, exposing the function of the Pakistan Army and safety in aiding terrorism.
Pakistan forces gave protecting fireplace to one of three terrorists, who tried to cross over into India from throughout the Line of Control (LoC) within the Uri city of Baramulla district. All three infiltrators had been neutralised by the safety forces on Saturday, as per the Indian Army.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer, 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonchak, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat and a soldier had been killed by the terrorists on Wednesday within the center of the Anantnag encounter.
The police imagine two to three terrorists are trapped within the forest space because the forces maintained a decent cordon.
Additional Director General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar late Friday evening mentioned the operation was launched on the premise of particular enter and claimed “two to three trapped terrorists will be neutralised.”
(With PTI inputs)
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