A Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCO) was killed and three other commandos were injured in an encounter with terrorists in a remote forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said.
According to the Army’s White Knight Corps, Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (Special Forces) was killed and three other commandos were injured in a gunfight that broke out on Sunday, November 10, in Kishtwar area of Bhart Ridge.
“GOC (General Officer Commanding) White knight Corps and all ranks salute the great sacrifice of a brave heart, Nb Sub Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (SF). Sub Rakesh was a part of CI (counter-insurgency) operation presented in the general area Bhart Ridge Kishtwar we stand with the bereaved family in this hour of sorrow {sic},” the Army’s White Knight Corps said in a statement.
The encounter began when joint search teams of the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police nabbed the terrorists in the Keshwan forest, a few kilometers away. the bullet-riddled bodies of two members of the Village Defense Group (VDG).Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, were found.
A massive search operation was launched in the forests of Kuntwara and Keshwan in Kishtwar after the terrorists kidnapped and killed the VDGs.
On Sunday, a joint operation was launched in the area based on a tip-off about the presence of two terrorists who kidnapped and killed two VDGs, the White Knight Corps said.
There was a massive search operation in the area, at the time of writing this news, to find the exact location of the terrorists.
On Friday, November 8, in a separate meeting, two terrorists were also killed in Baramulla. This also happened during the campaign to mobilize terrorists, based on the installation of intelligence.