Army jawan injured in gunfight between terrorists, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch

An Indian Army soldier was injured in an exchange of fire with terrorists who were attempting to cross the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.

The military’s operation was launched after they noticed at least three heavily armed terrorists trying to infiltrate into the Valley near LoC in the Gulpur sector of the district.

Three heavily armed terrorists were trying to enter India under the cover of thick foliage and darkness, officials said.

The encounter took place in the forward Ranger Nallah area of the Gulpur sector late on Friday when the Indian troops noticed at least three heavily armed terrorists trying to infiltrate into India under the cover of thick foliage and darkness, they said.

A soldier was injured in the brief gunfight and the terrorists managed to slip into the nearby dense forest.

Reinforcements were rushed to the area and a massive search operation was underway to trace and neutralise the terrorists, the officials said.

The whole area was cordoned off and a search operation to nab terrorists is underway.

The development comes a day after security forces eliminated four terrorists who were attempting to infiltrate from Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK).

The encounter was a joint operation conducted by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kupwara on Friday. The gunfight occurred close to the Line of Control (LoC) in the Machhal sector in Kupwara.

On June 16, five Pakistani terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in the Jumagund area of Kupwara district.