Situation along the line of control in frontier districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu division remained tense with continuous exchange of intense shelling in the area for the last couple of days.
Since June 1, the Pakistan Army has been resorting to heavy exchange of fire along the line of control with a clear objective to push small groups of heavily armed infiltrators inside the Indian territory.
A havaldar of the Indian Army sacrificed his life in the line of duty in Sunderbani sector of Nowshera in Rajouri late Thursday night. Defence Spokesman, Lt- Col Devender Anand said, “Havaldar Mathiazhagan P, hailing from Sreerangai Kadu, Idappadi Tehsil,Salem district of Tamil Nadu had received critical injuries during unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri late Thursday evening”. Lt Col Anand said, “the injured soldier was evacuated to the Army hospital where he succumbed to his injuries”.
In the same district, a terrorist was neutralised by the joint teams of security forces in Panjah Mehari area of Kalakote tehsil. The security forces had launched search operations in the area after receiving inputs about the presence of a group of heavily armed terrorists in the area.
Massive searches were launched at day break on Friday to track down the footprints of other terrorists holed up in the area. However, security forces could not establish fresh contact with the hiding terrorists in the area till late evening.
According to police, “the entire area has been kept under tight cordon while efforts were on to ascertain the identity of the terrorist””. The security forces had also recovered 1 AK 47 rifle, three magazines, hand grenades (chinese make), four Anti personnel mine, detonators, mobile handset with SIM card and other items.
Earlier On June 1, three heavily armed terrorists were neutralised by the alert Indian troops in Kalal area of Nowshera while continuous cordon and search operations were launched by the security forces in Poonch to track down the footprints of infiltrators.
On Friday, fresh searches were launched in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch after receiving inputs about the presence of suspected terrorists hiding in the area.