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Counter operation is underway in Battal sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (File Photo: PTI)
The exchange of fire occurred on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The Indian army foiled an infiltration bid in the Battal Sector in Jammu on Tuesday. A soldier was injured during the exchange of fire between the troops and the infiltrating terrorists.
The exchange of fire occurred on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Operations are underway in the Battal sector.
“Alert troops foiled an infiltration bid by effectively engaging infiltrating terrorists with effective fire in the Battal Sector at 0300h. During the exchange of heavy fire, one braveheart has been injured. Operations are continuing,” the White Knight Corps posted on X.
Earlier, a soldier and a civilian were injured as security forces foiled twin terror attacks on an Army post and the house of a Village Defence Group (VDG) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district early Monday.
“Terrorists attacked the house of a VDG member at Gunda, Rajouri at 0310 hours. An adjacent Army column reacted swiftly, leading to a firefight,” the Army’s White Knight Corps said on X. Operations are ongoing, it said.
The area was cordoned off by a joint team of the Army, police, Central Reserve Police Force and VDGs following intermittent exchanges of fire with terrorists throughout the day.
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