J-K: 5 Indian Army personnel killed, 1seriously injured in Rajouri encounter
Rajouri, May 05
Five Army personnel were killed and four others another seriously injured in a blast triggered by terrorists during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Friday, officials said.
The terrorists triggered an explosive device in which initially two jawans lost their lives while four personnel including an officer sustained injuries.
The injured were evacuated to Command Hospital Udhampur where three jawans succumbed to their injuries. Additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of the encounter. There is a likelihood of casualties in the terrorist group.
The operation is in progress. It is believed that terrorists belong to the same group that ambushed an army truck on April 20 in which at least five soldiers lost their lives and one other was injured.
The terrorists triggered an explosive device in retaliation. The Army team has suffered five fatal casualties with injuries to one more soldier,” a statement by Northern Command said.
Additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of the encounter. The injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur, it further stated.
Indian Army is conducting relentless intelligence-based operations to flush out a group of terrorists involved in an ambush on an army truck in the Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in the Jammu region, officials stated.
“On specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kandi Forest in the Rajouri Sector, a joint operation was launched on May 3, 2023. At about 7:30 am on May 5, 2023, a search team established contact with a group of terrorists well entrenched in a cave. The area is thickly vegetated with rocky and steep cliffs,” the official release stated.
As per initial reports, a group of terrorists are trapped in the area. There is a likelihood of casualties in a terrorist group.
Earlier in the day, an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri.