Poonch assault: Cordon-and-search operation enters day 2, prime officers go to site
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POONCH: A cordon-and-search operation backed up by drones and sniffer canine to trace the terrorists who killed 5 Army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch entered the second day on Saturday.
Top security officers, along with Border Security Force (BSF) Director General S L Thaosen and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh, other than these from the National Security Guard (NSG), visited the spot all through a security overview of the border belt.
Fourteen of us have been detained for questioning, officers acknowledged, together with that just a few of them have been let off.
Five Army personnel have been killed and one different was critically injured after their automobile caught fireside following the phobia assault in Poonch on Thursday.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that the Army truck was carrying fruits and totally different objects to a forward village for Iftar that was alleged to be hosted by the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit on Thursday night time, sources acknowledged.
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“The cordon-and-search operation is going on in large areas of Bhata Dhurian-Tota Gali and neighbouring areas to hunt down the terrorists involved in the attack. Multiple security agencies are engaged in the operation,” a senior officer suggested PTI.
The full area has been cordoned off, he added. Drones and sniffer canine have moreover been pressed into service, the officers acknowledged.
The troops involved throughout the operation are exercising utmost warning as a result of the terrorists may have planted improvised explosive models (IEDs) throughout the densely forested area with deep gorges and caves, they added.
Traffic on the Bhimber Gali-Poonch freeway was stopped following the phobia assault and folk have been steered to go to Poonch by means of Mendhar.
Top officers, along with these from the NSG and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), have visited the spot over the previous two days. The steel-core bullets utilized by the terrorists have moreover been found.
The truck that received right here beneath assault was carrying fruits, greens and totally different objects to Sangiote village from the Bhimber Gali camp for Iftar to be organised by the Rashtriya Rifles at 7 pm, the officers acknowledged.
The slain troopers have been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
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The sources acknowledged the assault is suspected to have been carried out by a bunch of three to 4 terrorists who most likely used a sticky bomb or a grenade as a consequence of which the Army truck caught fireside.
The attackers presumably spent higher than a 12 months in Rajouri and Poonch and had enough data of the terrain, they added.
The Jammu and Kashmir Gaznavi Force (JKGF) is claimed to be energetic throughout the area and its “commander”, Rafiq Ahmed alias Rafiq Nayi, hails from the world.
Currently, three-four terrorist groups are energetic throughout the space of Rajouri and Poonch, the sources acknowledged. The Army acknowledged the truck caught fireside because of the most likely use of grenades. The Army found bullet marks on the automobile and the physique of a jawan.
POONCH: A cordon-and-search operation backed up by drones and sniffer canine to trace the terrorists who killed 5 Army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch entered the second day on Saturday.
Top security officers, along with Border Security Force (BSF) Director General S L Thaosen and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh, other than these from the National Security Guard (NSG), visited the spot all through a security overview of the border belt.
Fourteen of us have been detained for questioning, officers acknowledged, together with that just a few of them have been let off.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Five Army personnel have been killed and one different was critically injured after their automobile caught fireside following the phobia assault in Poonch on Thursday.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that the Army truck was carrying fruits and totally different objects to a forward village for Iftar that was alleged to be hosted by the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit on Thursday night time, sources acknowledged.
ALSO READ| Drones, choppers hunt militants amid questions on SOP ‘violation’
“The cordon-and-search operation is going on in large areas of Bhata Dhurian-Tota Gali and neighbouring areas to hunt down the terrorists involved in the attack. Multiple security agencies are engaged in the operation,” a senior officer suggested PTI.
The full area has been cordoned off, he added. Drones and sniffer canine have moreover been pressed into service, the officers acknowledged.
The troops involved throughout the operation are exercising utmost warning as a result of the terrorists may have planted improvised explosive models (IEDs) throughout the densely forested area with deep gorges and caves, they added.
Traffic on the Bhimber Gali-Poonch freeway was stopped following the phobia assault and folk have been steered to go to Poonch by means of Mendhar.
Top officers, along with these from the NSG and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), have visited the spot over the previous two days. The steel-core bullets utilized by the terrorists have moreover been found.
The truck that received right here beneath assault was carrying fruits, greens and totally different objects to Sangiote village from the Bhimber Gali camp for Iftar to be organised by the Rashtriya Rifles at 7 pm, the officers acknowledged.
The slain troopers have been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
ALSO READ| Attack on Army automobile in Poonch: Massive search operation underway to trace terrorists
The sources acknowledged the assault is suspected to have been carried out by a bunch of three to 4 terrorists who most likely used a sticky bomb or a grenade as a consequence of which the Army truck caught fireside.
The attackers presumably spent higher than a 12 months in Rajouri and Poonch and had enough data of the terrain, they added.
The Jammu and Kashmir Gaznavi Force (JKGF) is claimed to be energetic throughout the area and its “commander”, Rafiq Ahmed alias Rafiq Nayi, hails from the world.
Currently, three-four terrorist groups are energetic throughout the space of Rajouri and Poonch, the sources acknowledged. The Army acknowledged the truck caught fireside because of the most likely use of grenades. The Army found bullet marks on the automobile and the physique of a jawan.
