[OneIndia] Four Army personnel including two officers and two jawans have bit the dust in an ongoing encounter with holy warriors in Jammu and Kashmir
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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Rajouri district on Wednesday, 16 Corps sources told ANI.
"Troops including Special Forces are deployed in the area after inputs were received about movement of a group of holy warriors in the area. 16 Corps Commander and Rashtriya Rifles' Romeo Force commander are monitoring the operations closely. More details awaited," 16 Corps sources told the news agency.
The encounter broke out between holy warriors and joint forces of the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Bajimaal area of Dharmsal following a cordon-and-search operation, a police official told PTI.
Local residents said that a cordon-and-search operation has been going on in the area since Sunday to track down holy warriors operating in the area.
"Due to the operation we were asked to stay back at home and not venture out. Our children stayed back at home and did not attend the school," a villager told PTI.
The firing is going on in the forest area close to the village, he said.
Officials said the two holy warriors trapped at the encounter site in Bajimaal appeared to be foreign nationals and had been moving around in the area since Sunday. They even took shelter at a place of worship, they said.
The border districts of Rajouri and Poonch have witnessed increased terrorist incidents over the past one-and-a-half years.
On November 17, a terrorist was killed in an encounter between holy warriors and security forces in the Guller Behrote area of Rajouri district.
On August 7, a terrorist was bumped off as an infiltration attempt from across the border was foiled by the Army in the Degwar area of Poonch district.
Five Army soldiers were killed during an anti-terror operation in the Kesari hills of Rajouri district on May 5.