Poonch: Bullets were found at the spot in Bhimber Gali in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch where five soldiers lost their lives in the terror attack.
The Rajouri-Poonch Highway from the Surankot side was opened. Earlier on Friday, the Indian Army launched a massive operation to hunt down a group of around six to seven terrorists who are behind this attack.
#Poonch (J&K) terror attack | Bullets found at the spot at Bhimber Gali in Poonch where five soldiers lost their lives in the terror attack on April 20.
The Rajouri-Poonch Highway from the Surankot side has been opened. pic.twitter.com/CmSQ3aTmon
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Defence source while speaking with ANI added “The Army and security agencies have received inputs about the presence of 6-7 terrorists operating in two groups in the Rajouri-Poonch sector near the area where the incident took place yesterday,”.
Sources said that this group was involved in the ambush of the Indian Army vehicle yesterday in the Poonch sector where five soldiers were killed.
As a follow up the Indian Army has launched multiple operations to nab the terror group.
The deceased soldiers were identified as havildar Mandeep Singh, lance naik Debashish Baswal, lance naik Kulwant Singh, sepoy Harkrishan Singh and Sepoy Sewak Singh were attached with the army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit and were deployed for counterterrorist operations in the area.
The incident occurred after an Army vehicle they were travelling in was fired upon by terrorists in the Rajouri sector in Jammu leading to the death of five soldiers, and injuring another. Operations were launched to trace the perpetrators.
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