J&K: Encounter breaks out in Kishtwar, 3 injured soldiers airlifted

JAMMU: Seven information unit person reportedly been injured successful a gunbattle with terrorists that broke retired successful the distant forested country successful the precocious reaches of Kishtwar territory of Jammu and Kashmir connected Sunday and 3 of them person been airlifted, officials said.“Acting connected a tip-off astir the beingness of 2 to 3 terrorists successful the wood area, a cordon and hunt cognition was launched astatine colony Son Nar adjacent Mandral-Singpora successful Chatroo of Kishtwar astir noon,” they said. “Terrorists fired astatine the hunt enactment and the troops retaliated.”Reinforcements person been deployed to neutralise the terrorists. The operation, which the Army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps has named “Operation Trashi-I", began astir noon, they said.In a station connected X, the White Knight Corps said the information forces came successful interaction with the terrorists successful the wide country Sonnar, northeast of Chatroo, during a hunt cognition arsenic portion of ongoing associated counter-terror exercises on with police.The troops retaliated and reinforcements from Army, CRPF and constabulary were rushed to further tighten the cordon. There was intermittent firing betwixt the 2 sides for immoderate time, the officials said.

Drones and helicopters person been pressed into service, they said.This is the 3rd brushwood betwixt information forces and terrorists successful Jammu portion successful 2026.Earlier, 2 encounters were reported successful Kamadh and Najote forests successful Billawar country of Kathua district, connected Jan 7 and 13.