Heavily armed 3 terrorists shot dead in Doda, hunt on for fourth
Heavily armed 3 terrorists shot dead in Doda, hunt on for fourth
Jammu: Three terrorists, heavily armed with M-4 and AK-47 rifles, were killed in a gunfight that lasted for more than six hours in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Wednesday. The terrorists are suspected to be Pakistan nationals and affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit.
A policeman was also injured in the gunfight that broke out in Bajaad village in the Gandoh area around 9.50 am amid a cordon-and-search operation launched by the police, Army and the CRPF following twin terrorist attacks in the hill district on June 11 and 12, police officials said. After the twin attacks, the security forces had intensified their anti-terrorist operations and announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh each on information of four Pakistani terrorists believed to have infiltrated into the district.
Security forces received intelligence inputs on Tuesday evening about four militants hiding in a mud house in Bajaad. The encounter began on Wednesday morning as the forces which had reached the area came under heavy fire from the terrorists hiding in the mud house on a slope. One terrorist was killed in retaliatory fire after he came out and started firing on the search parties.
Heavy gunfire and explosions rattled the village as two more terrorists were eliminated by the security forces as the day progressed, the officials said.
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