Army soldiers arrive in a tank during a gunbattle with armed suspected militants at Pindi Khattar village in Arnia border sector, about 43 kilometers (27 miles) south of Jammu on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo)Fourth terrorist, whom army had claimed to have shot dead last night, was neutralised on Friday.
Meanwhile, with the recovery of two more bodies, the death toll among civilians has risen to five. Yesterday, troops had recovered bodies of three civilians from the area.
The encounter had restarted in the morning when army troops, after a night long lull, had started proceeding towards its bunker wherein four terrorists had taken refuge after killing three civilians.
During the ensuing fire fight, army troops had eliminated three terrorists holed up inside the bunker on Thursday itself. The fourth terrorists appeared to have stopped firing looking for an opportunity to make good his escape under the cover of darkness. However, he could not as army kept maintaining cordon of the area throughout night.
According to police, firing from terrorists holed up inside an army bunker came around 9.30 am when the later moved forward to ascertain that all of them were dead. The army has positioned its tanks for the final assault which, it said, could not be launched last night as some territorial army jawans were also trapped on a post in the vicinity of encounter site.
However, the operation was yet to be called off as searches were in progress to rule out the possibility of any more terrorists presence in the area.
A group of heavily armed terrorists had on Thursday morning sneaked nearly two kms inside the Indian territory in Arnia sector from across the international border and killed three army men and civilians at Kathar.
During an over 12 hours long operation on Thursday, the army had claimed to have killed four terrorists. The Inspector General of Police for Jammu zone, Rajesh kumar, however, said that though local people claim to have seen four terrorists, there number can be more as well.
The fresh infiltration by terrorists so deep inside the Indian territory on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Udhampur and Poonch has come as a surprise to many in view of BSF claims about intensified vigil along the international border after last month’s unprecedented mortar shelling by Pakistani Rangers.
In view of the latest infiltration attempt by terrorists, the police has intensified security all along the national highway and roads leading to both Udhampur and Poonch where Modii is scheduled to hold election rallies during the day.
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