JK News Today
Statement of Commander
Poonch , July 18: The elimination of these four Foreign Terrorists, has once again demonstrated the resolve of the Indian Security apparatus, particularly the Indian Army in maintaining stability, prosperity & progress in the region.
Coming to specifics of the operation.
Indian Army has been continuing relentless operations, in the past three months as part of Op Trinetra. As part of the same, on 16 Jul, input was received about movement of unidentified persons in general area of Sindhrah – Bachianwali and Maidana. Accordingly, the area was cordoned. On 17 Jul specific intelligence regarding presence of armed terrorists near villages Sindarah of Surankote Tehsil, District Poonch was received. Based on this intelligence, Indian Army and Special Operations Group of Jammu Kashmir Police, further launched a specific cordon and search operation of this area.
After establishing an effective cordon, the troops commenced their search and approached Village Sindrah. Four terrorists, who had taken shelter in the forest near the village, opened indiscriminate fire on the approaching troops. Their fire was promptly retaliated, and the terrorist were pinned down in the area. The cordon was then readjusted to deny any escape to the terrorists. Special Forces were also inducted, to augment the ops.
The terrorists making use of the terrain, forest foliage and inclement weather kept opening fire onto our troops, in a desperate attempt to break the cordon.
In a display of excellent junior leadership and coordination, between Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police, own troops displayed superior tactical acumen in retaliating to the terrorists fire in a controlled manner, while pinning them down, in the given area.
The intermittent fire between terrorists and own troops, continued till about 0530 hours. However, the troops in cordon, continued to be on the highest alert, to prevent the trapped terrorist from escaping.
In the morning, a detailed search of the area was carried out. The search resulted in the recovery of a large quantities of arms and ammunition comprising of four AK series Rifles with eight Magazines and 196 rounds. Two 9 mm Pistols with three magazines and 24 rounds were also recovered. The bodies of the four neutralised terrorists, were also found in the area. I also wish to bring out the AKs found with the terrorists are with Chinese markings and Pistols are with Pakistan markings.
The presence, of such heavily armed terrorists in hinterland is indicative of attempts to destabilise the region, and if not neutralised in time, these terrorists could have carried out major terrorist initiated incidents, in coming days. This joint action by Indian army and Jammu Kashmir police, has resulted in saving the lives and contributed towards maintaining peace in the region. The relentless efforts by Security forces in past few months have started to give results.
The Indian Army, along with JKP, and the other Sister Agencies will continue their ops with renewed vigour, to flush out the remaining trts, op in the area. Recent contacts on the LC, particularly, if we see what happened in Sarla and Naushera Sect, allude a bigger game plan of spreading instability in the region.
This operation is a hallmark, of cooperation between all the intelligence agencies & specially the police, with the Indian Army, who spearheaded this operation. I will be doing injustice, if I do not mention, the coop and sp provided by the awaam, in this endeavour, which speaks volumes of their belief, in our Nation.
