Two heavily armed Pakistani terrorists were killed today in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district during a fierce gunfight with a joint team of the Army, CRPF and J&K Police during the ongoing ‘Trashi-I’ operation.
Charred bodies of the terrorists were found under the debris of a mud hideout in which they were hiding. The hideout was burnt during the encounter. This takes the number of Pakistani terrorists killed in the region to five since the past month.
The White Knight Corps of the Indian Army confirmed that two terrorists have been neutralised and war-like stores including two AK-47 rifles have also been recovered.
The encounter broke out in the general area of Passerkut in Chatroo belt around 11am, when joint parties of Army, Police and CRPF launched a search operation after they received information about the presence of two Pakistani terrorists affiliated with the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad. The terrorists hiding inside a mud house, opened fire on the approaching troops leading to an intense gunfight.
The Chatroo forest belt has witnessed nearly half a dozen gunfights between terrorists and security forces since January when the Operation was launched to flush out the Pakistani terrorists hiding in the mountainous areas of Kishtwar, Doda, Udhampur and Kathua districts.
The White Knight Corps said that “Pursuant to credible intelligence inputs collated from JKP, IB and own intelligence sources, a deliberate joint operation was launched in the Kishtwar region under Operation Trashi-I to track and neutralise terrorists operating in the area.
Troops of White Knight Corps, along with J&K Police and CRPF in a joint operation, established contact with terrorists in the general area of Passerkut, Kishtwar”.
“Following successful contact established earlier, troops of CIF Delta White Knight Corps, in close coordination with J&K Police and CRPF, re-engaged the terrorists today at approximately 11:00 AM in a challenging terrain. Displaying tactical precision, seamless synergy and resolute aggression, troops dominated the encounter site wherein two terrorists were killed”.