Poonch ambush: NIA visits encounter site as search operation continues

Updated : Dec 22, 2023 15:14
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Editorji News Desk

A day after five Army soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, the National Investigation Agency visited the encounter site.

This comes amid a massive cordon and search operation in the forest area of the district.

An official said aerial monitoring using helicopters is being conducted and sniffer dogs have been pressed into service to track down the terrorists who ambushed two Army vehicles.

The General officer Commanding (GoC), XVI corps, Lt Gen Sandeep Jain visited the area and reviewed the situation with top army and police officers, officials said.

"Indian Army and White knight Corps salutes the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in Surankote on yesterday while fighting the scourge of terrorism", White Knight Corps, or XVI corps, wrote on X.

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