NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Four soldiers were injured during a fierce gun-battle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar while two terrorists were killed in a separate encounter by the troops of the Rising Star Corps in Kathua, senior army officers said on Friday.
The gun battle in Kishtwar’s Chatroo began after the security forces launched an operation in the area. The encounter was still going on, the White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
The same terrorists involved in the encounter in Kishtwar are linked to another encounter in Doda in July, when four soldiers including an officer were killed in action, sources said.
The encounters happened just days before voting in eight assembly segments spread across Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts in the Chenab valley region, along with 16 seats in the south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam on September 18.
Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts will vote in the second and third phases on September 25 and October 1, respectively.
(Manas Dasgupta)