Two soldiers injured in gunfight with terrorists in J-K's Doda
18 July 2024 10:06 AM IST
A security official stands guard amid heavy security near the site of a recent encounter with terrorists at Desa village, in Doda district. (PTI Photo)
SRINAGAR: Two soldiers were injured in fresh gun fight with militants near Zadan village of Kastigarh area of Jammu and Kashmir's eastern Doda district overnight, officials said on Thursday.
The injured have been evacuated to Doda's Government -run Medical College Hospital.
The officials said that the encounter between the two sides broke at around 2 am and that it continued till the first light Thursday. Their condition is stated to be "stable".
However a local news agency KNO quoted an unnamed official as saying, "The terrorists managed to flee from the cordon again while search operation has been launched in other areas of Kastigarh and Dessa to trace them."
On the night of July 16, two groups of militants and the Village Defence Guards (VDGs) had exchanged fire briefly in Kalaan Bhata and Panchan Bhata areas of the Dessa area of Doda. No casualties were reported in the clash.
Soon after the incidents, police reinforcements were rushed to these areas which with the help of Army columns launched cordon-and-search operations but there was no trace of militants, the police sources had said.
On July 15 night, Army Captain Brijesh Thapa and three other soldiers were critically injured in a gun fight with militants in the Uran Baggi Forest area of Doda. Captain Thapa, Naik D. Rajesh and sepoys Bijendra and Ajay succumbed to their injuries later.
A massive search operation launched jointly by the Army, the J&K police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in a vast area of Doda soon after the clash has continued Thursday. Dozens of VDGs, armed with .303 rifles, are helping security forces in hunting down the assailants who ran into thick woods after the clash.
The injured have been evacuated to Doda's Government -run Medical College Hospital.
The officials said that the encounter between the two sides broke at around 2 am and that it continued till the first light Thursday. Their condition is stated to be "stable".
However a local news agency KNO quoted an unnamed official as saying, "The terrorists managed to flee from the cordon again while search operation has been launched in other areas of Kastigarh and Dessa to trace them."
On the night of July 16, two groups of militants and the Village Defence Guards (VDGs) had exchanged fire briefly in Kalaan Bhata and Panchan Bhata areas of the Dessa area of Doda. No casualties were reported in the clash.
Soon after the incidents, police reinforcements were rushed to these areas which with the help of Army columns launched cordon-and-search operations but there was no trace of militants, the police sources had said.
On July 15 night, Army Captain Brijesh Thapa and three other soldiers were critically injured in a gun fight with militants in the Uran Baggi Forest area of Doda. Captain Thapa, Naik D. Rajesh and sepoys Bijendra and Ajay succumbed to their injuries later.
A massive search operation launched jointly by the Army, the J&K police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in a vast area of Doda soon after the clash has continued Thursday. Dozens of VDGs, armed with .303 rifles, are helping security forces in hunting down the assailants who ran into thick woods after the clash.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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