Encounter in J&K's Sunderbani, Four Terrorists Killed
The police said the suspicious movements were noticed by CRPF deployed in the area. The CRPF men fired shots in the air after which the Army, Kashmir Police, and CRPF themselves launched a joint-operation.
Mumbai, March 28: In another anti-terror operation, four terrorists were gunned down by the security forces in the Sunderbani region, in Jammu and Kashmir. The following information was shared by Shahid Choudhary, Rajouri District Collector, on his official Twitter account.
Talking about the Sunderbani encounter, J&K DGP, SP Vaid, said the group of four terrorists had recently infiltrated from the LOC. The joint operation saw the security forces counter militants in J&K’s Rajouri district.
SP Vaid said, “ Four terrorists were killed in a joint-operation in Sunderbani, in Rajouri. It was a group recently infiltrated from LOC.”
There were reports that the gunfight between the two sides was on since the early Wednesday morning; eventually, the militants were successfully eliminated on the same day during the evening hours.
The police said that there were suspicious movements in the Sunderabani area; a search operation was then launched by the security forces. The militants fired at the security forces as they were closing in on the militants’ hideouts. The following incident triggered an encounter.
In its statement, the police said the suspicious movements were noticed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in the area. The CRPF men fired shots in the air after which the Army, Kashmir Police, and CRPF themselves launched a joint-operation. The following joint-operation helped the security forces help determine the hide-outs, after which the gunfight took place, in which four militants were killed.
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