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JAMMU: Operation Trashi-I entered its 4th time connected Wednesday, arsenic information forces continued to comb the dense forests of Sonnar, Mandral-Singhpora, and adjoining areas successful Chatroo loop successful J&K’s Kishtwar territory to way and termination fleeing terrorists.
Searches were intensified successful the people area, adjacent arsenic further forces were rushed to the cognition tract to fortify the cordon and artifact imaginable flight routes, officials said.Meanwhile, amid enhanced vigil up of Republic Day, section police, SOG, and CRPF jointly conducted door-to-door searches successful localities with a precocious attraction of Burmese (Rohingyas) and Bangladesh nationals successful Bhatindi-Narwal-Rajiv Nagar areas connected the outskirts of Jammu connected Wednesday.
Similar checks were besides carried retired successful Rajouri, Poonch, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur and Doda districts arsenic a precautionary measure, officials said, adding that nary was detained.Operation Trashi-I was launched precocious Sunday based connected quality inputs astir the beingness of terrorists successful Chatroo. Eight soldiers suffered grenade splinter and slug wounds erstwhile ultras ambushed the hunt enactment successful dense forests adjacent Sonnar, adjacent to the LoC, triggering an brushwood that lasted overnight.
Among them, Army Special Forces Commando, Havildar Gajendra Singh, succumbed Monday.On Tuesday morning, the cordon was strengthened with the assistance of aerial surveillance and sniffer dogs. Troops subsequently busted a well-concealed violent hideout successful Kishtwar’s precocious reaches and recovered ample quantities of rations, utensils, and consumables. Three-four locals from Sonnar colony were detained for questioning, arsenic officials suspected that moving specified a setup would not person been imaginable without section assistance from overground workers.Havildar Singh was the archetypal information unit to dice successful a counter-terrorism cognition successful the Union Territory successful 2026. Operation Trashi-I is the 3rd this twelvemonth successful Jammu division, pursuing clashes earlier this period successful Kahog and Najote forests of Billawar successful Kathua, southbound of Pir Panjal range.Kishtwar, a distant territory eastbound of the Chenab and southbound of Kashmir Valley, saw intensified counter-terrorism efforts successful 2025 arsenic forces tracked Pakistan-based terrorists done steep terrain and heavy forests.
At slightest six weapon battles were reported determination implicit 7 months. On May 22, an Army trooper was killed and 2 others wounded successful Chatroo. Weeks earlier, 3 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were changeable dormant successful the aforesaid area.Security officials said Kishtwar sits astride a accepted infiltration corridor, with terrorists crossing from Pakistan via Kathua and moving done Udhampur and Doda earlier heading towards Kashmir valley, utilizing wood screen to evade detection.
