Kishtwar Encounter: Special Forces Commando Killed, Three Injured, Gunfight Continues
Associated News Bureau
A fierce gun battle has erupted in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in which a Special Forces soldier has been killed while three other commandos have received injuries.
The encounter is going on in a remote forest area of the district in which three terrorists are reportedly trapped , officials said.
The Army’s White Knight Corps confirmed that Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (Special Forces) has lost his life, while three other commandos sustained injuries during the gunfight, which began on Sunday, November 10.
A Defence spokesperson said that the General Officer Commanding of the White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of Nb Sub Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (SF).
“Naib Subedar Kumar was part of a joint counter-insurgency operation in the Bhart Ridge area of Kishtwar. We stand in solidarity with his family during this hour of grief,” reads the statement.
The encounter erupted when a joint search team from the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police intercepted terrorists in the Keshwan forest, close to where the bodies of two Village Defence Guards, Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, were recently discovered.
This is the third such encounter in the region within 24 hours. Earlier, security forces engaged in an exchange of fire with terrorists during an anti-terror operation in Srinagar’s Zabarwan forest.
“A joint operation involving police and security forces was launched based on intelligence about terrorist presence, resulting in a firefight,” said Kashmir Zone Police. (ANB)
