2 Army Personnel Martyred in Encounter with Terrorists in J&K

Srinagar: Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were martyred in action and two others were injured in an encounter with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday.

The exchange of fire occurred when a joint security party of the Army and police, acting on a tip-off, launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Naidgham area in the Chhatroo belt connecting Kishtwar with south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Four Army personnel were injured in the encounter. Two of them — Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar, a JCO, and Sepoy Arvind Singh — later died. One of the soldiers died of splinter injuries caused by a grenade explosion. The other fell victim to a bullet injury in the head.