The Army is in the middle of a massive search operation after two jawans, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), went missing after an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Thursday.
according to one bye NDTVOn Thursday, after heavy firing by terrorists on the army, a JCO and a jawan went missing. The report said that the army lost contact with the JCO on Thursday evening.
Five Army personnel were martyred in a fierce encounter with terrorists during an anti-insurgency operation in Poonch on Monday.
The operation was launched in a village near DKG in Surankot in the early hours after receiving intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists.
The firing on military forces in the region was the deadliest since the declaration of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan along the effective border in February.
The deceased have been identified as Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, Naik Mandeep Singh, Sepoy Saraj Singh, Sepoy Vaishakh. H, and Sepoy Gajan Singh.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh and government job to one member each of the families of Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, Naik Mandeep Singh and Sepoy Gajan Singh.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh and a government job to a member of the family, Saraj Singh.
Tensions have risen again in recent weeks with incidents of civilian firing in the area in attacks claimed by a terrorist group, including two teachers, last week.
On 10 August, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh stated that “after the renewed agreement between the two DGMOs (Director General of Military Operations) on 25 February, infiltration resumed in Jammu and Kashmir” and that “terrorist camps” “The border crossing was still intact. “
In the recent past, there have been four encounters in Rajouri sector – Daddal in Nowshera, Sunderbani and Pangai and Karyote in Thannamandi.
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