Jammu: During a night-long operation at Shindra Top in the Surankote area of Poonch district, four militants were killed by the Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police in a joint search and cordon operation named Operation Trinetra II. The operation was launched based on specific inputs, and contact with the militants was established in the evening. The exchange of fire continued through the night, resulting in the death of all four militants. Their identities have yet to be ascertained. Recovered from the militants were four AK rifles, two pistols, and various other materials.
Additionally, earlier on Monday, two infiltrators were killed in the Krishna Ghati sector as the Army and J&K Police thwarted a major infiltration attempt from across the Line of Control (LoC). Following these recent incidents, the Army and police have increased their vigilance and strengthened the counter-insurgency grid in the region. Poonch and Rajouri districts have experienced attempts by terror outfits from across the LoC to revive militancy.
In a separate incident on June 24, three militants were shot at near the LoC in the Krishna Ghati area during Operation Resham, another intelligence-based operation by the Army and J&K Police to foil an infiltration attempt from Pakistan’s side. A soldier was injured during the encounter. Earlier, security forces had also foiled a major infiltration bid, seizing a significant quantity of arms, ammunition, explosives, and narcotics in Poonch district.
Furthermore, on May 31, the Army and J&K Police apprehended three local terrorists in the Khari area of Poonch district while attempting to smuggle a large quantity of arms, ammunition, explosives, and narcotics from across the LoC. One of the infiltrators was hospitalized after sustaining a bullet injury, while the other two were captured. The seized items included various firearms, ammunition, grenades, an improvised explosive device (IED), and heroin.
