Army officer among four soldiers killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda
Five soldiers were critically injured after they chased terrorists into the forests who fled after a brief encounter with them.
SRINAGAR: Four army personnel, including an officer, who were critically injured in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists, succumbed to injuries in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, official sources said.
The encounter took place when the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group of J&K Police launched a joint cordon and search operation at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in Desa forest belt, 55 km from Doda town, late on Monday evening, the officials said.
According to security officials, as the search operation was going on, militants fired from automatic weapons towards the search party at around 9 pm.
“The fire was returned by the troops, and in the ensuing fight, five soldiers were injured,” the official said.
The injured army men were evacuated to a nearby military hospital, where four of the critically injured succumbed to injuries today morning.
Among the deceased soldiers is an officer.
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