Army’s Nagrota headquartered White Knight corps said on its Twitter page, “Operation Trinetra II. In a major Cordon and Search Operation, acting on specific intelligence four terrorists were eliminated in a Joint Operation by #IndianArmy & @JKP near Sindarah and Maidana villages in tehsil #Surankote of #Poonch district.”
“Along with the terrorists four AK 47, two Pistols & other war like stores were also recovered . Elimination of these terrorists has avoided major terrorist initiated incidents in #Rajouri & #Poonch area. Search Operations are still in Progress”.
The encounter had started on Monday on the basis of specific intelligence input.
On Monday, the Army foiled a major infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bahadur sector of Poonch district after which a massive cordon and search operation was jointly started by the Army and the local police in the area.
–IANS
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