Three soldiers were killed in action and
three were injured during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Poonch district today.
The encounter started after terrorists
ambushed two Army vehicles passing through Dera Ki Gali in Rajouri’s Poonch
region, at 3.45 pm today.
The Army, however, had been conducting
an operation in and around Dera Ki Gali, also known as DKG area, since
Wednesday night.
The encounter is going on.
“Based on hard intelligence, a joint
operation was launched in the general area of DKG last night. Contact has been
established this evening, and an encounter is in progress,” said a defence
spokesperson.
Last month, five soldiers including two
Captains were killed in action after the army and its special forces launched
an anti-terror operation in Rajouri’s Kalakote.
In April and May this year, 10 soldiers
were killed in action in twin attacks in the Rajouri-Poonch region. This region
had been largely free of terrorism between 2003 and 2021, after which frequent
encounters started happening.
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