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Anantnag
encounter: Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles;
Major Ashish Dhonack, and Deputy Superintendent Humayun Bhat killed in
encounter
An Army colonel, a major and a deputy superintendent
of Jammu and Kashmir police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in
Kokernag area of Kashmir's Anantnag district,. Senior army and police officers,
GoC 15 Corps Lt General Rajiv Ghai and including DGP Dilbag Singh have rushed
to the spot to assess the situation. A search operation is being carried out in
the area. The operation against the terrorists had begun on Tuesday evening in
Gadole area but was called off during the night. This morning, the hunt for the
terrorists resumed after information started trickling in that they were
spotted at a hideout, the officials said. Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding
Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles; Major Ashish Dhonack, and Deputy Superintendent
Humayun Bhat were critically injured in the gunfight with terrorists that
ensued in the Garol area of Anantnag district in the morning hours of
Wednesday. The Army colonel, leading his team from the front, attacked the
terrorists. However, the terrorists fired upon him and he was critically
injured
Dhonack and
Bhat also received bullet injuries, the officials said. The three later died in
hospital during treatment. The banned Resistance Front, believed to be a shadow
group of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the
attack. Officials believe that it is the same set of terrorists who had carried
out the attack on army personnel on August 4 killing three jawans in the higher
reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district.
Meanwhile,
two terrorists were killed by security forces during an encounter that began in
the Narla area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Tuesday. Security forces have
recovered a large quantity of warlike stores, including medicines, with
Pakistan markings during a search amid the encounter that continued on
Wednesday evening according to officials.
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