Hunt For Terrorists, Probe Company In Jammu And Kashmir After 5 Troopers Killed In Assault

New Delhi:

An enormous cordon and search operation has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following the terrorist assault on a military truck on Thursday. 5 troopers died and one other was significantly injured within the terrorist assault on the navy car.

Official sources stated the truck has been hit by over two dozen bullets from all sides which signifies a number of terrorists might have been concerned within the assault.

The car carrying the troopers – all of them from Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counterterror operations – was fired upon by the terrorists at round 3 pm and later caught hearth as a result of a probable grenade assault, the Military stated.

The assault has come three months after the focused assault on Hindu households in Rajouri. Seven individuals have been killed and over a dozen have been injured within the assaults. The perpetrators are nonetheless at giant regardless of an enormous safety operation within the space to trace them down. Police have stated that the terrorists have been Pakistani nationals. 

The Nationwide Investigation Company, or NIA, will be part of the investigation into Thursday’s terrorist assault, an official advised NDTV, including {that a} workforce of the anti-terror company’s unit in Jammu is on its strategy to the assault website.

A workforce of forensic specialists can also be on the website close to the Bhimber Gali space of Poonch, officers added.

4 of the 5 troopers are from Punjab whereas one soldier is from Odisha.

The Military’s 16 Corps, primarily based in Nagrota, recognized the troopers who died within 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 solidarity with the bereaved households,” it stated in a tweet.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated he was anguished on the lack of lives of the courageous troopers. “On this tragic hour, my ideas 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 fear assault on an Military car in Poonch District, Jammu & Kashmir. Our deepest condolences to the households of 5 Rashtriya Rifle bravehearts.” “Our prayers for the injured personnel. We’re united in opposition to terrorism,” he stated.

“I pay my humble tributes to these heroes and specific my deepest condolences to their bereaved households,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi stated.

Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina stated the killing of troopers shall be avenged.

Nationwide Convention chief Omar Abdullah tweeted, “Horrible information of a terror assault in Poonch that claimed the lives of 5 military jawans within the line of responsibility. I unequivocally condemn this heinous assault & ship my condolences to the family members of these killed right this moment. Might the souls of the departed relaxation in peace.” Apni Social gathering president Altaf Bukhari stated he was deeply saddened by the cowardly terrorist assault.

Individuals’s Convention chairman Sajad Lone has additionally condemned the assault.

The fear assault came about on a day Pakistan introduced that its International Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will go to India subsequent month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s international ministers’ assembly in Goa. Mr Zardari’s go to to India would be the first go to by any Pakistani International Minister since Hina Rabbani Khar in 2011.

Ties between India and Pakistan got here underneath extreme pressure after the 2019 terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama by Pakistan-backed terrorists and the surgical strikes by India on terrorist coaching camps in Pakistan’s Balakot in response.

The relations additional deteriorated after India introduced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular powers and the bifurcation of the state into Union territories in August 2019.