2 LeT terrorists dead, condolences pour in for Indian Army captains killed in Rajouri encounter | Top points

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ANI as saying. So far, two terrorists have been killed in the encounter. One of them is said to be a "highly ranked terrorist leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba".

The encounter broke out between terrorists and joint forces of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Bajimaal area of Dharmsal in the Rajouri district on Wednesday. The fresh firing resumed this morning after a night-long halt in Bajimaal area of Dharmsal belt on Thursday, officials said. Based on specific intelligence, joint operations were launched in the Kalakote Area, Gulabgarh Forest, and Rajouri District.

"Contact was established on November 22 and an intense firefight ensued. The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in progress, amidst acts of valour and sacrifice by our own bravehearts in trying to prevent collateral damage to women and children in the highest traditions of the Indian Army," the Indian Army's White Knight Corps said. As part of the operation, the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered one pistol, two magazines, 38 Live rounds, nine grenades and one battery-operated IED dropped through a Quadcopter in Laukikhad area of Akhnoor sector.

"This has prevented further terror attacks in the Rajouri-Poonch region," the White Knight Corps of the Indian Army said in a tweet on Thursday. Since then, as many as four Army personnel, including two officers and two jawans, were killed and two others were injured, sources told ANI. Those who lost their lives include Captain M V Pranjal of 63 Rastriya Rifles, a resident of Karnataka, Captain Shubham of the Special Forces, resident of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, Havaldar Abdul Majid of the Special Force, a resident of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, and Lance Naik Sanjay