{"id":7637,"date":"2023-12-22T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=7637"},"modified":"2023-12-22T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:39:29","slug":"search-operation-to-track-down-terrorists-in-poonch-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/search-operation-to-track-down-terrorists-in-poonch-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Search operation to track down terrorists in Poonch underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

POONCH: A\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>terrorist<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>attack\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injured,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>massive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cordon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sandeep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commanding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(GoC)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>XVI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>met\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>assess\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>situation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>White\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Knight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>XVI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>posted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>X,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saying,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Indian\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span>Army<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>White\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Knight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>salutes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bravery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sacrifice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surankote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>yesterday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scourge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism”.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sniffer\u00a0<\/span>dogs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deployed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>locate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ambushed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>afternoon,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aerial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monitoring.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>massive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cordon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>morning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cordon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>surgery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ongoing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>find\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responsible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3:45\u00a0<\/span>p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>location\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cordon-and-search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>ambushed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>curve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhatyar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Morh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surankote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>station’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jurisdiction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhera\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bufliaz.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>cited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>traffic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhera\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(DKG)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Road.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ranking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>keeping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>eye\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ground.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>armed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>estimated\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>four,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hilltops,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>selecting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>blind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>curve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>target\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicles.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attack,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disfigured\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stole\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weapons.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>investigation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>location\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>determine\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pattern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>application\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weapons,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>steel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>core\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bullets,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ambush.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>experts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>increasing\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terror\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri-Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concern.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>months,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>incidents.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recently,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peaceful.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Here,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>35\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>lost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>lives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>years.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Why\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>place?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Why\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extremists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>confidence?”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Col.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pathania,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expert.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expert\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Captain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(retd)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>manipulating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>incidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>resurrect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>way\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>handling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It’s\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>bolster\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intelligence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>infrastructure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eradicate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operating\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenging\u00a0<\/span>areas.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Caves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exist,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>organisations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Statehood\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Organisation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>staged\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>anti-Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>demonstrations\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>fire\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>effigy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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POONCH: A\u00a0day\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0terrorist\u00a0attack\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir’s\u00a0Poonch\u00a0district\u00a0left\u00a0five\u00a0army\u00a0personnel\u00a0dead\u00a0and\u00a0two\u00a0injured,\u00a0security\u00a0forces\u00a0on\u00a0Friday\u00a0began\u00a0a\u00a0massive\u00a0cordon\u00a0and\u00a0search\u00a0operation\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0area. According\u00a0to\u00a0officials,\u00a0Lt\u00a0Gen\u00a0Sandeep\u00a0Jain,\u00a0the\u00a0General\u00a0Officer\u00a0Commanding\u00a0(GoC)\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0XVI\u00a0Corps,\u00a0visited\u00a0the\u00a0area\u00a0and\u00a0met\u00a0with\u00a0senior\u00a0army\u00a0and\u00a0police\u00a0officers\u00a0to\u00a0assess\u00a0the\u00a0situation. White\u00a0Knight\u00a0Corps,\u00a0or\u00a0XVI\u00a0corps,\u00a0posted\u00a0on\u00a0X,\u00a0saying,\u00a0“Indian\u00a0Army\u00a0and\u00a0White\u00a0Knight\u00a0Corps\u00a0salutes\u00a0the\u00a0bravery\u00a0and\u00a0supreme\u00a0sacrifice\u00a0of\u00a0four\u00a0soldiers\u00a0in\u00a0Surankote\u00a0on\u00a0yesterday\u00a0while\u00a0fighting\u00a0the\u00a0scourge\u00a0of\u00a0terrorism”. According\u00a0to\u00a0an\u00a0official,\u00a0sniffer\u00a0dogs\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0deployed\u00a0to\u00a0locate\u00a0the\u00a0terrorists\u00a0who\u00a0ambushed\u00a0two\u00a0Army\u00a0vehicles\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0area\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0afternoon,\u00a0and\u00a0helicopters\u00a0are\u00a0also\u00a0being\u00a0used\u00a0for\u00a0aerial\u00a0monitoring. “A\u00a0massive\u00a0cordon\u00a0and\u00a0search\u00a0operation\u00a0has\u00a0begun\u00a0this\u00a0morning\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0night\u00a0cordon\u00a0in\u00a0area,”\u00a0a\u00a0police\u00a0officer\u00a0stated. The\u00a0surgery\u00a0was\u00a0still\u00a0ongoing. He\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0more\u00a0troops\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0brought\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0area\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0effort\u00a0to\u00a0find\u00a0the\u00a0terrorists\u00a0responsible\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0gunfire. At\u00a0approximately\u00a03:45\u00a0p.m.\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0two\u00a0army\u00a0vehicles\u00a0transporting\u00a0personnel\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0location\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0cordon-and-search\u00a0operation\u00a0were\u00a0ambushed\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0blind\u00a0curve\u00a0in\u00a0Dhatyar\u00a0Morh,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0Surankote\u00a0police\u00a0station’s\u00a0jurisdiction\u00a0and\u00a0connects\u00a0Dhera\u00a0Ki\u00a0Gali\u00a0and\u00a0Bufliaz.According\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0officer\u00a0who\u00a0was\u00a0cited\u00a0earlier,\u00a0traffic\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0stopped\u00a0on\u00a0Dhera\u00a0Ki\u00a0Gali\u00a0(DKG)\u00a0Road. 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