“One jawan made the supreme sacrifice while two others were injured in the operation against militants in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district”, the Army official said.
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Police said a group of five to six heavily armed militants were challenged on the Indian side of the LoC on Saturday after they had managed to sneak across from the Pakistani side.
On August 7, an army jawan was injured as Pakistani troops opened fire at villages and forward posts in Poonch district along the LoC for the third consecutive day today. According to reports, the search operation is still underway to flush out the militants, who infiltrated last night.
In another encounter of the operation, India soldiers foiled an infiltration attempt and killed two terrorists at Jumagund Nar in Keran sector.
There was no immediate report of any causality on either side, he said.
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The defence official said that the two injured jawans were from the 21 Rashtriya Rifles and were immediately shifted to a hospital for treatment where their condition is stated to be stable.
