Anantnag encounter: The encounter has entered its sixth day. (file)
New Delhi:
Safety forces have now reached near the hideout of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag the place they’d targetted their bombs and shells to drive them out, sources stated. An operation towards terrorists is happening since late Tuesday evening deep contained in the dense forests of Gadol space of Kokernag in Anantnag.
The encounter has entered its sixth day, with hundreds of troops together with para commandos locked in an limitless gunfight with terrorists.
Three officers, together with two from the Military and a policeman, have been killed in motion in an try and neutralise the terrorists.
Profile of terrorists
The closely armed terrorists, believed to be two-three in quantity, are hiding in a tactically beneficial location within the dense and steep forest.
They’re believed to be affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba as one among them is one among them is Uzair Khan, who joined Lashkar final yr and is effectively conscious of the world.
Cautious method
It has been raining intermittently on the encounter web site since Saturday, which is inflicting lots of problem within the operation. Particularly on these hills of Pir Panjal, there are dense forests, caves, and ditches, because of which the visibility reduces significantly and makes the operation riskier.
Military sources stated that there isn’t a firing from terrorists, however till that space is totally sanitised, military personnel can’t go there. It is attainable that the terrorist could also be alive and hiding to fireside secretly. They might even have planted an improvised explosive gadget (IED) within the hideout and set it to blow up when the troopers attain there. Because of this the military is transferring very slowly, sources stated.
Military canine and gear to detect explosives are additionally getting used to clear the world.
Safety forces suspect that the cover out could have lifeless our bodies of the terrorists. Even when they don’t seem to be lifeless, it could be very troublesome to flee as the military has cordoned off all the space.
Motion up to now
The troops have fired lots of of mortar shells and rockets, focused suspected terrorist hideouts with hi-tech gear, and dropped explosives utilizing superior drones.
The Military has even launched an image of the drone getting used within the operation.
OP GAROL#LtGenUpendraDwivedi#ArmyCdr, Northern Command reviewed the operational scenario on the continuing operations at #Kokernag forest space in #Anantnag. He was briefed by the bottom commanders on the Excessive Depth Operations by which Hello-tech Gear is getting used for… pic.twitter.com/MggzlYb2Lh
— NORTHERN COMMAND – INDIAN ARMY (@NorthernComd_IA) September 16, 2023
The joint operation by Military and police started Tuesday evening primarily based on intelligence enter, adopted by an try and method the terrorist hideout subsequent day. The terrorists who seem to have anticipated the motion opened fireplace on the forces, caught between the dense forests and hill on one facet and a deep ditch on the opposite.
Main from the entrance, two Military officers – Colonel Manpreet Singh and Main Ashish Dhonchak, and Deputy Superintendent of Police Himayun Bhat – had been killed in motion. Two extra troopers had been injured whereas one other is believed to be lacking.