The operation is still in progress and further details are awaited,” Jammu-based Indian Army Public Relations Officer Lt Col Devender Anand said
Shrinagar: Two Army soldiers have been killed in an intense encounter between security forces and terrorists in the Nowshera region, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. The cordon and search operation is still going on.
“Two army soldiers martyred during cordon and search operation in the Nowshera sector. The operation is still in progress and further details are awaited,” Jammu-based Indian Army Public Relations Officer Lt Col Devender Anand said.
The search operation was launched according to the information about the movement of suspected terrorists, the officials said. The infiltrators opened fire on the troops and during an intense gunfight, the two soldiers were killed, officials said.
The officials also said a massive operation is on in the Nowshera area.
Two Indian Army soldiers have lost their lives during a cordon & search operation in Nowshera sector(J&K). The operation is still in progress. Further details awaited. pic.twitter.com/yIk6GMdZzD
— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2020
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