Three days earlier, a bus carrying pilgrims had come under attack in Reasi and crashed into a gorge, killing nine passengers.
Srinagar: A paramilitary soldier was killed in action while a terrorist was eliminated during an encounter after a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua came under attack late last night.
Two encounters that began overnight in Jammu have dragged into the morning. This also includes one in Doda where five soldiers and a special police officer (SPO) were injured during the initial shootout.
Just two days before these two terror incidents in Jammu, a bus carrying pilgrims had come under attack in Reasi and crashed into a gorge, killing nine passengers.
Anand Jain, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, who is supervising the anti-terrorist ops in Kathua, shared details of the encounters earlier this morning.
On the Doda incident, he said terrorists opened fire at a joint party of police and Rashtriya Rifles at an army base in Chattargala area late last night. An encounter is underway between the security forces and the terrorists in the higher reaches, he said.
The police said two terrorists were involved in the Kathua attack last evening and one of them has been killed. Security forces are now using drones to hunt for the second one in the Hiranagar area of Kathua.
The terrorists had asked for water from several houses, raising villagers’ suspicions, and opened fire when some villagers raised an alarm, the police said. One civilian was injured in the firing, clarified Mr. Jain and denied reports that three people died in the Kathua attack.
