Second terrorist killed in encounter in J-K's Rajouri
Rajouri district, officials said.
On Tuesday, a suspected Pakistani terrorist was killed in the gunfight in the remote Narla village, while an army personnel and Kent, a six-year-old female labrador of the army's dog unit, also lost their lives and four security personnel were injured.
«The killing of two suspected Pakistani terrorists once again demonstrated the stoic resolve of the security forces to deny any opportunity to the terrorists to disrupt peace and tranquility of the region,» Commander 14-sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Soumeet Patnaik told reporters in Rajouri this evening.
Patnaik, who was flanked by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Poonch-Rajouri range, Haseeb Mughal, said the synergy among various security agencies is not allowing a foothold to terrorists who are forced to flee into the forest areas and «are being neutralised in well-coordinated operations».
He said the bodies of both the terrorists, believed to be Pakistanis, were recovered along with two AK assault rifles and logistic stores.
Lauding the role of the local population during the successful operation, the DIG said, «We want to tell the civilians that peace is prosperity and help us in restoring it and have faith in us.»
«It was a very difficult operation given the terrain and inclement weather and its successful culmination will motivate us to act against terror activities with more vigour,» Mughal said.
Meanwhile, an Army Colonel commanding a battalion, a Major of a unit and a Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with terrorists in the higher reaches of Kokorenag area in Anantnag in the south of the valley.
Earlier, Additional Director General of Police (Jammu Zone) Mukesh Singh
