New Delhi: An Army officer was killed and three soldiers injured during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar from the 2 Para (SF).
“GOC (General Officer Commanding) White knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of braveheart, Nb Sub Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (SF). Sub Rakesh was part of a joint CI (counter-insurgency) operation launched in general area of Bhart Ridge Kishtwar. We stand with bereaved family in this hour of grief,” the Army said in a post on X.
The latest in a series of gunfights between Indian forces and militants broke out earlier in the day when joint search parties of Indian Army and Jammu & Kashmir Police spotted the terrorists close to the spot where bullet-ridden bodies of village defence guards (VDGs) Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar were found on Thursday.
A massive search operation was launched in Kuntwara and Keshwan forests ever since the terrorists kidnapped the VDGs.
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