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Jammu & Kashmir: An army truck was ambushed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch last week, eerily similar to a terrorist attack on a police vehicle in neighboring Rajouri district some 22 years ago. Expressing serious concern, the security officials told this. It may be noted that a truck carrying fruits and other items for an iftar organized by the Rashtriya Rifles Unit of the Army was ambushed on Thursday evening in a village located in the dense forest area of Bhata Dhurian in Poonch district. . In this attack, five army soldiers were martyred and another soldier was seriously injured.
Signs of resurgence of terrorism
The ambush at Bhata Dhuriyan, a preferred infiltration point for terrorists along the Line of Control, is being seen as a sign of resurgence of militancy in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, which have been at risk for more than a decade. Terrorism was almost completely eradicated a long time ago. Security forces and intelligence agencies probing the Poonch attack were surprised to find similarities between the attack and the January 1, 2001 attack on a police vehicle at Gambhir Muglan village in Rajouri, officials said. 14 personnel of the Special Operations Group and 2 health workers were killed in the attack in Rajouri.
Just 23 km from the site of the 2001 attack
Talking about the matter, a security officer said that the place where the ambush was carried out in Bhata Dhurian is just 23 kilometers away from the place of the serious Mughal attack in 2001. In both the incidents, the terrorists had set the vehicles on fire using explosives or chemicals followed by indiscriminate firing from very close range. After this, they fled with the rifles of the jawans.
concern for security
The security officer further said that the latest attack is a matter of concern for the security apparatus as the entire area was considered almost militancy-free but the attackers attacked in broad daylight on the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway and then fled into the dense forest. Officials said police officials held several meetings with people in remote areas asking them to remain vigilant and share any information about suspected terrorist activities.
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