Ahead of PM Modi’s election rally in Doda, two army personnel martyred in the Kishtwar operation

Terrorist encounter erupts in Kishtwar

Ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address an election rally in the land-locked Doda district on Saturday, two soldiers of the Indian Army sacrificed their lives during a counter-terrorism operation in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar on Friday.

The operation was launched in the upper reaches of Chatroo based on intelligence inputs about the presence of heavily armed Pakistani terrorists.

It is believed these Pakistani terrorists belong to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist outfit and are responsible for the terror attack on the Indian Army soldiers in the Desa forest area of Kishtwar on 16 July.

An Indian Army captain along with three other soldiers was ‘killed in action’ during a fierce firefight in the area.

According to a spokesman of the Nagrota-based White Knight Corps of the Indian Army, a contact was established and a scout leading the patrol exchanged heavy volume of fire with the terrorists at around 3.30 p.m. on Friday.

In the ensuing firefight, four army personnel were injured. Later two soldiers who have been identified as Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar and Sepoy Arvind Singh succumbed to their fatal injuries during treatment in the military hospital.

#IndianArmy #GOC White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of the #Bravehearts; offer deepest condolences to the families. @NorthernComd_IA@adgpi@SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/MRV4CLBTWE

— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) September 13, 2024

Meanwhile, the entire security grid has been alerted in the Jammu region and additional troops were deployed in and around the venue of the Prime Minister’s rally in Doda to prevent any other incident of terrorist violence.

This is the third major incident in the last five days. A total number of six Pakistani terrorists have been eliminated in these three operations so far. Four terrorists have been eliminated in the ongoing operation in the Khandara top area of Basantgarh since September 11.

Two terrorists were neutralised by the joint team of security forces on September 11 and two more terrorists were eliminated on September 13.

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