Hunt For Terrorists, Probe Agency In J&K After 5 Soldiers Killed In Attack

A big cordon and seek operation has been released in Jammu and Kashmir`s Poonch district following the terrorist assault on an military truck on Thursday. Five infantrymen died and every other became severely injured withinside the terrorist assault at the army automobile. Official reassets stated the truck has been hit with the aid of using over dozen bullets from all facets which shows numerous terrorists can also additionally were concerned withinside the assault.

The automobile sporting the infantrymen – they all from Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counterterror operations – became fired upon with the aid of using the terrorists at round three pm and later stuck hearthplace because of a probable grenade assault, the Army stated.

The assault has come 3 months after the focused assault on Hindu households in Rajouri. Seven humans had been killed and over a dozen had been injured withinside the attacks. The perpetrators are nevertheless at massive in spite of a big protection operation withinside the place to music them down. Police have stated that the terrorists had been Pakistani nationals.

The National Investigation Agency, or NIA, will be part of the research into Thursday’s terrorist assault, an reliable advised NDTV, including that a crew of the anti-terror agency’s unit in Jammu is on its manner to the assault webweb page.

A crew of forensic specialists is likewise on the webweb page close to the Bhimber Gali place of Poonch, officers added. Four of the 5 infantrymen are from Punjab even as one soldier is from Odisha.

The Army’s sixteen Corps, primarily based totally in Nagrota, diagnosed the infantrymen who died withinside the assault as: Havildar Mandeep Singh, Lance Naik Debashish Baswal, Lance Naik Kulwant Singh, Sepoy Harkrishan Singh and Sepoy Sewak Singh. “The Whitenight corps stand in cohesion with the bereaved households,” it stated in a tweet.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated he became anguished on the lack of lives of the courageous infantrymen. “In this tragic hour, my mind are with the bereaved households,” the Defence Minister tweeted. Political events have additionally condemned the assault.

In a tweet, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated, “Strongly condemn the phobia assault on an Army automobile in Poonch District, Jammu & Kashmir. Our inner most condolences to the households of five Rashtriya Rifle bravehearts.” “Our prayers for the injured personnel. We are united in opposition to terrorism,” he stated.

“I pay my humble tributes to the ones heroes and explicit my inner most condolences to their bereaved households,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi stated. Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Ravinder Raina stated the killing of infantrymen might be avenged.

National Conference chief Omar Abdullah tweeted, “Terrible information of a fear assault in Poonch that claimed the lives of five military jawans withinside the line of duty. I unequivocally condemn this heinous assault & ship my condolences to the cherished ones of these killed today. May the souls of the departed relaxation in peace.” Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari stated he became deeply saddened with the aid of using the cowardly terrorist assault.

People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone has additionally condemned the assault. The terror assault passed off on an afternoon Pakistan introduced that its Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will go to India subsequent month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s overseas ministers’ assembly in Goa. Mr Zardari’s go to to India might be the primary go to with the aid of using any Pakistani Foreign Minister in view that Hina Rabbani Khar in 2011.

Ties among India and Pakistan got here beneathneath intense stress after the 2019 terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama with the aid of using Pakistan-sponsored terrorists and the surgical moves with the aid of using India on terrorist education camps in Pakistan’s Balakot in response.

The family members in addition deteriorated after India introduced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s unique powers and the bifurcation of the country into Union territories in August 2019.