In Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces continued their search operation in the dense forests of Keshwan and adjoining areas of Kishtwar district today, a day after an Army officer died in a gunfight with terrorists holed up in the area. The security personnel have been scouring the forest for over four days, looking for the terrorists who abducted and killed two Village Defence Guards (VDGs) last Thursday

 

 

Yesterday, an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists when joint search parties of the Army and police intercepted the terrorists in the Keshwan forest area. The exchange of fire lasted for more than four hours. A Junior Commissioned Officer, Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of the Army’s Special Forces 2 Para, was killed, and three more soldiers were injured in the gunfight. Three to four terrorists, responsible for the killings, are still holed up in the area, and a massive search operation is underway to neutralise them.