An intense encounter of three terrorists is presently underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, with locals warned to remain inside for the following few essential hours.
An encounter between terrorists and safety forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district entered the second day on Sunday, with police advising folks to remain at a distance of two kilometres for his or her security.
Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal stated two to a few terrorists are believed to be holed up in the besieged village and their repeated makes an attempt to interrupt the cordon has been thwarted by managed fireplace all through the evening.
An unidentified terrorist was killed on Saturday in the preliminary alternate of fireplace with the safety forces throughout a cordon-and-search operation launched by police and the Army at Gundha-Khawas village in Budhal space.
A police official stated a gunfight between the 2 sides was on when final studies had been obtained.
Reinforcements of the safety forces have plugged all escape routes for the terrorists and efforts are on to neutralise them, the official stated. He stated the search operation was launched after police obtained details about the motion of terrorists in the world.
A small police workforce launched the operation and was later joined by reinforcements from the Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the official stated, including the physique of the slain terrorist was but to be retrieved from the scene of the encounter.
(*2*) Lt Col Bartwal stated.
He stated particular forces had been introduced in by Indian Air Force helicopter, whereas evening enabled Quadcopters, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and sniffer canines had been additionally pressed into service.
Police in Rajouri issued an advisory on Sunday, asking folks to keep away from the encounter scene to keep away from any casualty.
“It is for the information of all that the operation is in progress with exchange of crossfire in the general area of village Gundha, Khawas. People are advised not to visit the area and remain at a safe distance of at least two km outside the periphery of the area,” the advisory reads.
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