The encounters come at a sensitive time, just days before voting begins in eight assembly constituencies across Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts in the Chenab Valley, along with 16 seats in South Kashmir, including Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam on September 18.
Two Indian soldiers tragically lost their life in a fierce gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Friday. The bravehearts were identified as Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar and Sepoy Arvind Singh, according to a social media update by White Knight Corps of Indian Army paying homage to them for their bravery.