Col Manpreet Singh, Main Aashish Dhonchak and DSP Himanyu Muzamil Bhat had been killed in motion
Srinagar:
A colonel, a serious of a Rashtriya Rifles unit of the military and a Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police had been killed in motion throughout an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officers stated.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, Main Aashish Dhonchak and Deputy Superintendent of Police Himanyun Muzamil Bhat had been killed in motion in the course of the gunfight. Colonel Manpreet Singh was the commanding officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles (19 RR) unit.
Rashtriya Rifles is the counter-insurgency drive of the military that operates in Jammu and Kashmir.
The physique of the police officer has been retrieved amid heavy firing by terrorists within the dense forests of the Kokernag space of Anantnag.
Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, Military’s 15 Corps commander and Director Common of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh are among the many high officers who’ve rushed to the encounter website to oversee the operation and evacuation of our bodies.
The Cheetah helicopters of the military have been pressed into motion for surveillance and evacuation operation on the encounter website.
Sources say a joint operation was launched by the military and police late final evening after they acquired particular details about the presence of terrorists.
The troops led by the commanding officer and a deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir police got here below heavy firing.
The three officers had been critically injured. Reinforcement was instantly rushed to the realm however on account of heavy firing from terrorists, who’re believed to be nicely entrenched, the injured could not be evacuated instantly, sources stated.
That is the second encounter within the final 24 hours. Earlier one military soldier was killed in motion and three safety forces personnel had been injured throughout a fierce encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police stated.
Two terrorists had been additionally killed within the encounter. The operation remains to be underway.