A soldier, who was injured during an exchange of fire with infiltrating terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Battal sector of Poonch district during wee hours on Tuesday, has succumbed to his injuries, said officials.
The deceased was identified as Lance Naik Subhash Chander of 7 Jat Regiment. He was a resident of village Nagla Mani in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.
“During an infiltration bid, Lance Naik Subhash Chander, part of an ambush on the LoC at Battal area of Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district, suffered critical injuries in the exchange of fire,” said officials.
“There was a suspicious movement by two terrorists around 3 am. They were fired upon by the soldiers. However, Lance Naik Chander suffered serious injuries in the exchange of fire,” they added.
White Knight Corps had only relayed the information about foiling an infiltration bid and injuries to a soldier.
“Alert troops foiled an #infiltration bid by effectively engaging infiltrating #terrorists with effective fire in the #Battal Sector at 0300h (3 am). During the exchange of heavy fire, one braveheart has been injured. Operations are continuing,” White Knight Corps had posted on ‘X’ this morning.
On Monday, terrorists attacked the house of a village defence guard Parshotam Kumar, and an army picket at Gundna Khawaswounding Kumar’s uncle Vijay Kumar and a soldier.
Nagrota-based 16 Corps in a post on ‘X’ said terrorists had attacked the house of a village defence guard at 3.10 am. The attack has triggered fear in the area due to the threat of the presence of terrorists in the region.
Monday’s pre-dawn attack comes only days after Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday reviewed the prevailing security scenario at a joint security review meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Police, paramilitary forces, and intelligence agencies here at the police headquarters.
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The attack follows a similar incident when two army personnel were injured in a gunfight with terrorists in Doda district on Thursday. In Jaddan Bata village around 2 am terrorists fired on a temporary camp at a government school. One critically injured soldier was evacuated to the Udhampur command hospital by helicopter.
In a separate incident, security forces at a forward post near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district opened fire after spotting suspicious movement late Wednesday night. A search on Thursday morning found no evidence related to the suspicious activity, officials said.
Since the beginning of this year, 27 people, including 11 security personnel, a village defence guard, and five terrorists, have been killed in nearly a dozen terror attacks in six districts of Jammu.
Four army personnel, including an officer, died from injuries sustained in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district on Tuesday.
The incident followed a terrorist ambush a week ago in Kathua district’s Machedi forest belt, which resulted in five soldiers’ deaths and injuries to five others.
