- Terrorist Attack on Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch: Five Soldiers Killed
- Indian Army Launches Massive Search Operation to Track Down Terrorists
- NIA Team Visits Poonch for Investigation of the Terrorist Attack
- Challenges Faced by the Army in the Search Operation Due to Heavy Rain and Low Visibility
- Details Emerge about the Deceased Soldiers and their Involvement in Counterterrorist Operations
The NIA team including a Deputy Inspector General and Superintendent of Police rank officers is expected to visit the spot later on Friday along with a team of forensic experts to collect initial details of the incident that shocked the nation. Meanwhile, a Bomb Disposal Squad and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police reached the spot at Bhimber Gali in Poonch where five soldiers lost their lives in the terror attack.
A massive search operation was launched on Friday morning in the forests of
Jammu and Kashmir's Bata-Doriya area to track the terrorists who attacked an
Army vehicle in Poonch, killing five jawans.
The deceased soldiers identified as havildar Mandeep Singh, lance naik Debashish Baswal, lance naik Kulwant Singh, sepoy Harkrishan Singh and Sepoy Sewak Singh were attached with the army's Rashtriya Rifles unit and were deployed for counterterrorist operations in the area.
The incident occurred after an Army vehicle they were travelling in was fired upon by terrorists in the Rajouri sector in Jammu leading to the death of five soldiers, and injuring another. Operations were launched to trace the perpetrators, but so far there was no clarity yet on the attackers. "The unidentified attackers took advantage of heavy rains and low visibility in the area," the Army had said on Thursday in a statement, adding the army truck caught fire due to a likely grenade attack.
The Army vehicle was moving from Bhimber Gali to Sangiot in the Poonch district.
Following the terror attack on troops in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch that claimed the lives of five soldiers the previous day, the Indian Army has launched a massive operation on Friday to hunt down a group of around six to seven terrorists who are behind this attack.
"The Army and security agencies have received inputs about the presence of 6-7 terrorists operating in two groups in the Rajouri-Poonch sector near the area where the incident took place yesterday," defence sources .Sources said that this group was involved in the ambush of the Indian Army vehicle yesterday in the Poonch sector where five soldiers were killed.
As a follow up the Indian Army has launched multiple operations to nab the terror group.
"Multiple special forces teams along with drones and surveillance helicopters have bee rushed to the area to help carry out search and destroy ops there," the sources said.
The security forces including the Army, Police and Intelligence Agencies are coordinating the operations.
As per the sources, the terrorists are suspected to be from the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and from Pakistan.
"More details are being ascertained about their route of ingress into the area. The searc is being conducted extensively in the area where multiple cave-type natural structures are present," said sources.
Search operations are continuing and more details are awaited, the sources said.
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