Rajouri: Two army personnel have sustained injuries in an ongoing military operation against militants in forest area of Soom-Broh village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday.
An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that the operation started on Monday late evening after the contact got established between search team of forces.
Broh, Soom villages are located in the hinterland of Rajouri district and fall under the jurisdiction of Kalakote police station in the district.
Officials said that joint teams of Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF laid a cordon in the area on Monday and launched searches over suspicion of presence of militants.
The search operation continued throughout the day on Monday and some gunshots termed as ‘speculative firing’ by forces, were also heard.
Meanwhile, in late evening hours on Monday, officials said, search teams of forces were fired upon from the forest which was retaliated and this led to exchange of gunfire.
“The operation continued in the area in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and two army personnel have received injuries who have been evacuated to army hospital in Rajouri,”officials said.
Condition of both is said to be stable. The operation in the area was going on when last reports were received.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by FPK staff and is published from a syndicated feed from KNO.)
