An encounter took place between the army and the militants in Handwara of Jammu and Kashmir. The army has killed two foreign terrorists here. In this operation, 5 soldiers including two army officers have been martyred. The martyrs include a colonel, a major, two army personnel and a sub-inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
It is being told that in this operation, Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, commanding officer of 21-Rashtriya Rifles has been martyred. Colonel Ashutosh was part of many successful operations. According to the information,
This encounter has been going on since Saturday. Firing has stopped here, but the army operation is still going on.
Army blasts terrorists’ hideout
Before the encounter, two foreign terrorists hid in a house here. As soon as the army got the information, the army blew this hideout of the terrorists. The whole house caught fire due to the explosion, the army is now searching for debris.
Army search operation continues
Apart from this, the army is also running a search operation in the area. The entire area has been sealed. The movement of vehicles has been stopped. Let us know that there has been a spurt in terrorist activities in the Valley in the last few days. Apart from this, Pakistan is constantly breaking ceasefire along the Line of Control.
Two terrorists were killed in Pulwama
Let me tell you that earlier in Dangarpora of Pulwama, the security forces had conducted a search operation on the information about the hiding of terrorists. Seeing themselves surrounded, the terrorists started firing while firing on the security forces. The soldiers also retaliated. Two terrorists were killed in it.
