Terrorists attacked an Army and police joint checkpost in Jammu Kashmir’s Doda late on Tuesday night in the third such incident in the past 72 hours.
According to official sources, multiple rounds were fired at the temporary operating base (TOB) in the remote Chattargala area and several teams of security forces were rushed to the scene.
ADGP Jammu tweets, “Army and Police joint Naka has engaged a terrorist in area of Chattargala area of Doda. Firefight is going on. More details to follow.” pic.twitter.com/hZH8ieJ2et
— ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
A local terror group with backing from Pak-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, Kashmir Tigers, has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying several Indian security personnel were killed in the attack.
The attack came at a time when security forces were running search operations to arrest terrorists in the Doga region.
It was the third such attack within three days after the incidents in Kathua and Reasi. The Doda incident came hours after a terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces after terrorists fired at a home in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Earlier, on June 9, terrorists fired upon a bus carrying pilgrims from a shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, killing 10 people and injuring 33 others.
Speaking about the three consecutive incidents, Jammu and Kashmir Additional Director General Of Police Anand Jain said, “It is our hostile neighbour, who always tries to damage the peaceful environment in our country. This (Hiranagar Terror attack) appears to be a fresh infiltration. The one terrorist has been killed, the search for the other is also underway.”
#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: On three terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, ADGP Anand Jain says, “It is our hostile neighbour who always tries to damage the peaceful environment in our country. This (Hiranagar Terror attack) appears to be a fresh infiltration. The one terrorist… pic.twitter.com/1jLB32tbpz
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2024
FOLLOW-UP SEARCH OPS IN KATHUA
Security forces have initiated a follow-up search operation in response to the terror attack in Kathua’s Hiranagar on Tuesday night, where one out of two terrorists was neutralised in an encounter.
#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: Follow-up search operation underway after the terror attack in Kathua’s Hiranagar last night.
Out of two terrorists, one was neutralised last night in an encounter. Search operations to nab the other terrorists are underway. The security forces have… pic.twitter.com/uMD7CfRKWD
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2024
Search operations to arrest other terrorists are underway. The security forces have cordoned off the area.