Desk Report
Published: 15 Oct 2021, 12:21 pm
Two More Soldiers Killed in Fresh Gunfight in J&K || Photo: Collected
A JCO was among two army men
killed in a gunfight with the militants in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir
on Thursday, taking the number of soldiers killed this week in the border
district to seven, official sources said.
An official source told the media that two soldiers, including a Junior Commissioner Officer (JCO) were killed in the gunfight that broke out today evening in Bhimber Gali area of the border district.
However, an army spokesman said
two soldiers were critically injured in the gunfight. “In an ongoing Counter-Terrorist operation in general area Nar Khas Forest, Mendhar Sub Division,
District Poonch there has been exchanging of fire between army troops and
terrorists during evening hours on 14 Oct 2021. During the ensuing exchange of
fire one JCO and one soldier have been critically injured. The operations are
under progress. Update follows,” said the spokesman.
Earlier, the security forces had
launched a Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Bhata Dhurian and Sanjiote
villages near Bhimber Gali following inputs about the presence of militants
there.
An official said this operation
was launched along with another anti-militancy operation which is going on in
Dehra ki Gali where five soldiers were killed on Monday.
He said traffic movement has been
suspended on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway in view of the firefight.