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A JCO was injured in the encounter and later succumbed to injuries, the officials said, adding the whole area has been cordoned off with the deployment of reinforcements and a search operation was underway when last reports were received. J&K Encounter: The Indian Army thwarted an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector, officials said on Saturday. Following the encounter, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed.
According to officials, alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near a stream in a forward forest setting in the Keri Bhattal area late Friday night and challenged them, leading to a fierce gunfight that went on for quite some time, as reported by news agency PTI. A JCO was injured in the encounter and later succumbed to injuries, the officials said, adding the whole area has been cordoned off with the deployment of reinforcements and a search operation was underway when last reports were received. In the same area on February 11, two Army personnel, including a captain, were killed and another was injured when terrorists set off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The latest incident comes two days after India and Pakistan held a brigade commander-level flag meeting in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district to discuss issues related to border management. This was the second such meeting since February in an effort to de-escalate tension after nearly a dozen incidents of cross-border firing and an IED attack. The Indian army lodged a strong protest with their counterparts over the cross-border terror activities and the ceasefire violations.
The ceasefire violations along the LoC have been very rare since India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire agreement on February 25, 2021. On April 5, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border in the R. S.
Pura sector here and later held a flag meeting with Rangers over the incident. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News..
