Jammu, Dec 21: This year, Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi districts witnessed a series of encounters that left 55 persons, including 20 security personnel and 28 terrorists, dead so far.
While 27 persons, including 10 terrorists and 10 security personnel, were killed in Rajouri, 15 terrorists and 10 security personnel died in Poonch district. Three terrorists were killed in Reasi district.
Most of the terrorists were killed while attempting to sneak into this side of the border.
Seven civilians were massacred at Dangri, Rajouri on January 1 this year.
Earlier in October 2021, nine soldiers were killed in two separate attacks by terrorists in the forested region. While five Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed on October 11 in Chamrer, a JCO and three soldiers were killed on October 14 in a nearby forest
The dead included three Army officers, including two Captains, who lost their lives in anti-terrorist operation in Bajimaal area of Rajouri district.
The officials said the uptick in the encounters was a result of massive counter-terrorist operations by security agencies to scuttle repeated attempts from across the border to revive militancy in the Jammu region, and to ease pressure on the terrorists operating in Kashmir valley.
