Soldier killed in encounter with terrorists in J-K’s Udhampur
An Indian Army soldier was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said on Thursday.
According to a statement from the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps, a joint operation was initiated with local Jammu and Kashmir security units. “Contact was established, and a fierce firefight ensued. One of our Bravehearts sustained grievous injuries in the initial exchange and later succumbed despite the best medical efforts,” the Corps posted on X (formerly Twitter).
The exchange of fire between the security forces and terrorists is still underway in the dense forested terrain of Basantgarh. Further details are awaited as the operation continues to unfold.
In a separate but related operation, joint security forces—comprising the Indian Army’s Romeo Force and the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG)—have been engaged in a counter-terror operation for the 10th consecutive day in the forested region of Lasana in Poonch district.
The operation in Lasana was launched on April 15, a day after an initial gunfight erupted on April 14. Security personnel have cordoned off the area and are conducting extensive searches across the dense forests, where terrorists are believed to be hiding. One security personnel sustained injuries during an exchange of fire near Lasana village, located on the National Highway connecting Poonch to Jammu.
These heightened operations come in the wake of a brutal terrorist attack on April 22 in the Baisaran meadow area of Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists. This attack is considered one of the deadliest in the Kashmir Valley since the 2019 Pulwama bombing that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
