Maintaining a tight vigil in the upper reaches of Kathua, Udhampur Reasi, and Doda districts a joint team of security forces continued to hunt down the suspected foreign terrorists behind the ambush in which five soldiers of the Indian army sacrificed their lives on July 8. A team of the National Investigation Agency has visited the scene of the ambush and it is assisting police in the probe.
The search and combing operations were also carried out in the Ghadi Bhagwah forest area, which is around 35 km east of Doda town and borders Kishtwar district. After reporting an initial exchange of fire late Tuesday evening no fresh firing was reported till late Wednesday evening.
Fresh searches were also launched in the Lala Chack area of Samba, Manjakote area of Rajouri, and Surankote of Poonch on Wednesday morning to rule out the presence of the fresh group of terrorists.
Meanwhile, to track down the whereabouts of the perpetrators of the terror attack the security forces have detained around two dozen people for questioning in the Kathua district.
Local reports suggested some of the villagers in the area had spotted the suspicious movement of gunmen but failed to tip off the security forces. All possible routes of escape have been covered by the security forces with additional deployment of troops in the area. The Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police has also joined search operations with the teams of the Indian army.
Compared to similar strikes on the security forces this time the terrorists faced tough resistance from the injured soldiers. Despite losing some of their colleagues in the heavy exchange of initial gunfire and grenade attack the soldiers from the Garhwal regiment of the Indian Army repulsed the attack forcing them to flee the scene before reinforcements arrived to evacuate them to a nearby hospital.
In the backdrop of the ambush in Badnota in Kathua, residents of Badnota village and its adjoining villages said they were concerned about their safety.
hey have demanded that village defence groups be sanctioned for their self-defence and to effectively tackle threats posed by terrorists.
The government should provide weapons and training to us, we are ready to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with our forces against the terrorists,” Jagdish Raj, a local, said.
Mohit Kandhari n Jammu
Maintaining a tight vigil in the upper reaches of Kathua, Udhampur Reasi, and Doda districts a joint team of security forces continued to hunt down the suspected foreign terrorists behind the ambush in which five soldiers of the Indian army sacrificed their lives on July 8. A team of the National Investigation Agency has visited the scene of the ambush and it is assisting police in the probe.
The search and combing operations were also carried out in the Ghadi Bhagwah forest area, which is around 35 km east of Doda town and borders Kishtwar district. After reporting an initial exchange of fire late Tuesday evening no fresh firing was reported till late Wednesday evening.
Fresh searches were also launched in the Lala Chack area of Samba, Manjakote area of Rajouri, and Surankote of Poonch on Wednesday morning to rule out the presence of the fresh group of terrorists.
Meanwhile, to track down the whereabouts of the perpetrators of the terror attack the security forces have detained around two dozen people for questioning in the Kathua district.
Local reports suggested some of the villagers in the area had spotted the suspicious movement of gunmen but failed to tip off the security forces. All possible routes of escape have been covered by the security forces with additional deployment of troops in the area. The Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police has also joined search operations with the teams of the Indian army.
Compared to similar strikes on the security forces this time the terrorists faced tough resistance from the injured soldiers. Despite losing some of their colleagues in the heavy exchange of initial gunfire and grenade attack the soldiers from the Garhwal regiment of the Indian Army repulsed the attack forcing them to flee the scene before reinforcements arrived to evacuate them to a nearby hospital.
In the backdrop of the ambush in Badnota in Kathua, residents of Badnota village and its adjoining villages said they were concerned about their safety.
hey have demanded that village defence groups be sanctioned for their self-defence and to effectively tackle threats posed by terrorists.
The government should provide weapons and training to us, we are ready to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with our forces against the terrorists,” Jagdish Raj, a local, said.