Srinagar, Sept 29: One of the longest encounter in the recent months near the Line of Control (LoC) in the forests of the frontier district of Kupwara ended today after four days of fierce gun battle, leaving 5 militants and four security forces personnel including an Army officer dead.
After a jawan who was injured in the gun battle on Monday succumbed to injuries late last night, the death toll in the encounter rose to nine. The jawan died last night, police said.
A total of nine persons including five militants, an Army officer Lt Sushil Khajuria, a jawan and two policemen have been killed in the gunfight.
The encounter broke out at Awathkul forest area of Kralipora on Monday when police assisted by Army launched a search operation following information about presence of heavily-armed militants in the forests.
The bodies of the five militants were recovered today during search operations of the forest area by the security forces. Police said that they were handed over to the local Auqaf for last rites. Large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the possession of the dead militants.
Early in the morning, a wreath laying ceremony was held at Badami Bagh Cantonment in which senior Army officers including the General Officer Commanding 15-Corps, Lt General S A Hasnain paid tributes to Lt Sushil Khajuria. While paying tributes to the officer, the senior officers said that he and other security force personnel have given supreme sacrifices for the nation by eliminating the militants who had come to Kashmir to spread terror.
Army sources believed that it was a group of militants that had managed to infiltrate into Kupwara forests through Keran sector recently. When the security forces got the information about their presence in the Shambari forests, a major offensive was launched in which these militants were eliminated.
The dense forest and a tough mountainous area with lots of natural caves where militants had barricaded themselves made the operation difficult for the security forces. "These militants had chosen very tough terrain to infiltrate thinking that they will not get detected. But the alert troops not only detected them but eliminated them in one of the fierce encounters," Army sources said.
The militants from across the LoC in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are desperate to infiltrate after security forces made their LoC crossing difficult. Security officials said that a large number of militants are waiting on the launching pads in the Neelum valley just on the other side of the LoC in Karnah sector.
After a jawan who was injured in the gun battle on Monday succumbed to injuries late last night, the death toll in the encounter rose to nine. The jawan died last night, police said.
A total of nine persons including five militants, an Army officer Lt Sushil Khajuria, a jawan and two policemen have been killed in the gunfight.
The encounter broke out at Awathkul forest area of Kralipora on Monday when police assisted by Army launched a search operation following information about presence of heavily-armed militants in the forests.
The bodies of the five militants were recovered today during search operations of the forest area by the security forces. Police said that they were handed over to the local Auqaf for last rites. Large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the possession of the dead militants.
Early in the morning, a wreath laying ceremony was held at Badami Bagh Cantonment in which senior Army officers including the General Officer Commanding 15-Corps, Lt General S A Hasnain paid tributes to Lt Sushil Khajuria. While paying tributes to the officer, the senior officers said that he and other security force personnel have given supreme sacrifices for the nation by eliminating the militants who had come to Kashmir to spread terror.
Army sources believed that it was a group of militants that had managed to infiltrate into Kupwara forests through Keran sector recently. When the security forces got the information about their presence in the Shambari forests, a major offensive was launched in which these militants were eliminated.
The dense forest and a tough mountainous area with lots of natural caves where militants had barricaded themselves made the operation difficult for the security forces. "These militants had chosen very tough terrain to infiltrate thinking that they will not get detected. But the alert troops not only detected them but eliminated them in one of the fierce encounters," Army sources said.
The militants from across the LoC in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are desperate to infiltrate after security forces made their LoC crossing difficult. Security officials said that a large number of militants are waiting on the launching pads in the Neelum valley just on the other side of the LoC in Karnah sector.
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