Army jawan, 2 policemen injured in fresh encounter with terrorists in J&K's Poonch

Updated : Oct 24, 2021 11:20
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Editorji News Desk

One Army jawan and two policemen were injured in a fresh gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday. 

According to officials, Zia Mustafa, a jailed Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was taken to Bhata Durian for identification of a terrorist hideout during the ongoing joint search operation in which four soldiers were killed. 

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During the search operation when the team approached the hideout, terrorists opened fire on the joint team of police and army personnel injuring 2 policemen and an army jawan. Mustafa also sustained injuries and he could not be extracted from the site due to heavy fire, according to the J&K Police. 

The counter-terrorism operation in Poonch-Rajouri forest belt of J&K has been on for almost 2 weeks.

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