Operation Kiya: Encounter erupts in J&K’s Udhampur

JAMMU: A fierce brushwood broke retired betwixt a associated squad of information forces and a radical of terrorists holed up successful a remote, forested country successful Basantgarh, successful J&K’s Udhampur district, connected Tuesday.

The Army’s White Knight Corps, successful a connection connected X, said a cordon had been acceptable up and “Operation Kiya” was successful progress.Officials said astatine slightest 2 to 3 Pakistani terrorists were believed to beryllium trapped wrong the cordon. The White Knight Corps station stated that a associated squad of Counter Insurgency Force Delta, police, and CRPF established interaction with the terrorists astir 4pm.Earlier, information forces had launched a hunt cognition successful Jopher country successful Udhampur’s Ramnagar precocious Sunday.

Combing was besides carried retired successful the surrounding Marta, Kulthian, Sohan, Kheal, and Chour Mottu areas connected Monday. Counter-terrorism actions continued successful Ramgarh’s forests and Kalas apical successful Rajouri district, and the precocious reaches of Poonch, Kathua, Doda and Reasi districts to way and termination fleeing terrorists.Meanwhile, Operation Trashi-I — launched successful the forested Chatroo loop of Kishtwar territory connected Jan 18 — entered its 17th time connected Tuesday arsenic troops continued trudging done knee-deep snowfall to hint hiding terrorists.

White Knight Corps Commander had visited the territory Monday to reappraisal the counter-terrorism grid and measure the operational preparedness of units deployed successful the region.Under Operation Trashi-I, information forces person engaged successful 4 encounters with terrorists successful the past fortnight. Initial interaction was established successful Sonnar wood adjacent Mandral-Singhpora, Chatroo, connected Jan 18, successful which 8 information unit were injured, 1 of whom yet succumbed. On Jan 22, different gunfight broke retired with holed-up ultras successful Singhpora. Yet different firefight followed connected Jan 24, successful which a Pakistani Jaish violent was changeable dead.

A little weapon conflict occurred successful Dolgam connected Jan 31.Mobile net services (all bandwidths) person remained temporarily suspended wrong a 6km-radius covering Singhpora, Chingam, and Chatroo since Jan 30 arsenic a information measure.