Rajouri Encounter: Indian Army killed two terrorists. Everyone heard and read this news on Thursday. But, was it that easy to kill them? Were the Indian Army soldiers fighting the terrorists able to reach them easily? If you think or understand this then you are probably wrong. Because the story of this war was very difficult and the soldiers of the Indian Army had to overcome many obstacles. Then the sniper and explosives expert of Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed.
How were 5 Indian Army soldiers martyred?
This entire incident has been carried out in the Pir Panjal range. There were terrorists hiding in the dense and low visibility forests and high altitude areas and Indian Army soldiers below. This was the reason why two army officers and three soldiers were killed in action during the two-day long encounter with terrorists in Kalakot area of Jammu. An information related to the encounter has been given by media agency NDTV in which it is told what happened there?
Terrorists were hiding in shepherds’ houses
According to the information received, during the encounter, the Indian Army was carrying out the operation from a place from where visibility was only a few meters, while the terrorists were present at a high place and were continuously firing from behind the rocks. Also he had taken shelter there. According to information received from sources, the terrorists have been on the run since November 19 and were hiding in “Dhoks” or shepherds’ houses in the area. After receiving complaints from the local people, the army had gone to the area and started action in Ziarat, Mal, Gulabgarh forest and Solaki area.
Captain MV Pranjal was the first to be shot.
During this action, Captain MV Pranjal of 63 National Rifles was the first to be shot when he was talking to an elderly woman to gather information in that area. It is being told that terrorists were hiding there. After this, Major DS Mehra of 9 Para reached there to safely rescue the injured Captain Pranjal and opened fire with the terrorists. In this sequence, he also got shot and got injured. Meanwhile, Captain Pranjal succumbed to his injuries and was martyred, however, Major Mehra was rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.
Captain Shubham Gupta and two soldiers seriously injured
After this firing, after Major Mehra, Captain Shubham Gupta, Havildar Abdul Majid and Lance Naik Sanjay Bisht of 9 Para Special Forces reached that area to take action. The encounter started again and during this firing Captain Shubham Gupta and two soldiers were seriously injured. At the same time, on Thursday early morning, an attempt was made to drop weapons through Pakistan to help the terrorists, which was foiled by the army personnel. Then from 9 o’clock in the morning the Indian Army attacked the terrorists like a disaster and two Pakistani terrorists were killed in the firing.
How were the terrorists eliminated?
One of the two Pakistani terrorists was killed in the morning attack. However, another soldier, Paratrooper Sachin Laur, was also killed in action during the operation. At the same time, the second terrorist was also killed in the firing by the soldiers who was hiding behind the Sangar (stone structure in the forest) and was firing intermittently. Sources said one of the two terrorists has been identified as Kwari, a Lashkar-e-Taiba sniper and explosives expert who was active in Rajouri for more than a year. Sources said that he was involved in at least three terrorist incidents.