LG, ARMY PAY HOMAGE TO PARATROOPER KILLED IN RAJOURI TERROR ATTACK
JAMMU, May 6: Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and officials from the Indian Army on Saturday paid homage to five soldiers martyred in an IED explosion in Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday.
“The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. Grateful nation will always be indebted to their unparalleled valour,” the Lt Governor said.
Besides the five soldiers, a major was injured in the explosion which took place Friday in the thickly forested Kandi area of Rajouri district where an operation was underway to flush out terrorists, they had earlier said.
According to the latest reports, the fire fighting between terrorists and security forces was still on in Kandi forest belt.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held at IAF station in Jammu, where Sinha along with General Officer commanding (GoC) in Chief (GoC-In-C) Northern Command General Upendra Dwivedi, police, and other military officers paid their tributes to the soldiers.
The soldiers killed in the Friday explosion were lance naik Ruchin Singh Rawat from Gairsain in Uttarakhand, paratrooper Siddhant Chettri from Darjeeling in West Bengal, naik Arvind Kumar from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, havildar Neelam Singh from Jammu, and paratrooper Pramod Negi from Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh. (Agencies)
AMID AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE, NORTHERN ARMY COMMANDER VISITS ENCOUNTER SITE IN RAJOURI
JAMMU, May 6: Amid an exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi visited the encounter site in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the Army said.
Five army personnel were killed and a major-rank officer injured on Friday in an explosion triggered by terrorists in the densely forested Kandi area in the Rajouri district where an operation was underway to flush out terrorists.
According to a defence spokesperson, contact has been established with hiding terrorists around 1.15 am on Saturday and the firing between the two sides was continuing when the last reports were received.
Officials said at least two terrorists are believed to be holed up in the area.
The Army said that General Officer Commanding-in-chief, Northern Command, was briefed on all aspects of the ongoing “Operation Trinetra” by ground commanders.
In a tweet, the Army Northern Command said, “OP TRINETRA Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi Army Commander Northern Command at ground zero, reviewing the operational situation on the ongoing operations at Kandi in Rajouri where contact was re-established with militants.” “He was briefed on all aspects of the operations by ground commanders,” the tweet read.
The spokesman said a wreath laying ceremony for the Army personnel killed in the operation will be held at the Air Force station in Jammu shortly.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Army Commander and senior officials from the Army will pay tributes to the bravehearts, he said. (Agencies)