Rajouri/Jammu:

The Indian Army repulsed a major attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district this morning. A soldier was injured in the predawn attack at an army camp, suggest initial reports. The security forces launched a massive search operation to flush out terrorists after the attack, said a defense spokesman.

This comes amid a spate of terror attacks in the Jammu region, raising major security concerns.

The attack was reported less than 24 hours after Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Jammu and discussed measures to deal with the dramatic spurt in major terrorist attacks on the army in the region that was free from terrorism till few year ago.

Source say a heavily armed group of terrorists attacked an army camp at Gunda village. Firing started at around 4 am and continued for more than one hour.

While a heavily retaliation by the army has forced attackers to flee, this is another audacious attack on the army in region.

On Friday, a temporary army camp set up in a school was attacked with heavy gun fire and grenades in Doda district. In the same area four soldiers including a captain were killed last week days after five soldiers were killed in an ambush in Kathua.

Army has already deployed more troops including special forces commandos in Jammu region to fight highly trained terrorists who have infested the region and carry out attack after attack on the Army.

In last 32 months, 48 army soldiers have been killed in terrorist attacks in Jammu. After almost every attack, terrorists manage to escape without suffering a casualty of their own.

Last week Prime Minister chaired meeting of cabinet committee on security on the rise in terrorist attacks in Jammu. Earlier Prime Minister had asked army to deploy full spectrum of its anti-terrorist capabilities to eliminate terrorist from Jammu region.

The attacks are taking place despite a massive cordon and search operations by security forces in different areas of Jammu.

Rajouri:

Two terrorists were shot dead by security forces during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. An army personnel was also killed and three others were injured in the encounter that has been going on since Tuesday evening.

A six-year-old female Labrador name Kent of the Army’s dog unit also died during the gunfight.

Additional Director General of Police (Jammu Zone) Mukesh Singh said that a gunfight broke out between terrorists and soldiers during the search operation in Narla village.

“A terrorist and an Army soldier were killed while three security personnel – two Army jawans and one special police officer – were injured in the gunfight,” he said.

According to the army, a joint operation to monitor and track the movement of two terrorists was launched by the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police on 7 September, 2023.

The army cordoned the terrorists and heavy firefight ensued on 12 September 2023, wherein one terrorist was killed on the same night. Despite bad weather and hostile terrain, the second terrorist was pursued and neutralized on the morning of 13 September after heavy firing throughout the night, army said in a statement.

Rajouri and Poonch were considered free from militancy few years ago but have been high on terrorist radar in the last few months.

On September 4, a terrorist was killed and two security personnel were injured in nearby Gali Sohab village in the Chassana area of Reasi district.

The border districts of Rajouri and Poonch have witnessed several encounters this year, resulting in the deaths of about 26 terrorists and 10 security personnel.

Most of the terrorists were killed while attempting to sneak into this side from across the border, the officials said.