The News Craving
The Newscraving Desk
Srinagar, May 5:
The authorities on Friday suspended mobile internet services in Rajouri following a fierce gunfight between militants and the government forces in Kandi Forest area of the district.
Official sources said that mobile internet services have been suspended as a precautionary measure.
Meanwhile, army in a statement said that two troopers were killed, while an officer among four were injured after militants triggered an explosive during the ongoing gunfight.
In a statement, the spokesperson said that Army columns have been conducting relentless intelligence based operations to flush out a group of militants involved in ambush on an army truck in Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in Jammu region.
The statement read that on specific information about presence of militants in the Kandi Forest in Rajauri Sector, a joint operation was launched on 3 May .
“At about 0730 hours today, a search team established contact with a group of militants well entrenched in a cave. The area is thickly vegetated with rocky and steep cliffs,” it reads.
Army said that the militants triggered an explosive device in retaliation. “The Army team has suffered two fatal casualties with injuries to four more soldiers including an officer.”
As per the statement that additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of encounter. “The injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur.”
It added as per initial reports a group of militants are trapped in the area. “There is a likelihood of casualties in the militant group.”
Army said that the operation is in progress and further details are being ascertained. ( With KNO inputs)