Terrorists Fled Taking Advantage Of The Darkness Of Night
Terrorists fled taking advantage of the darkness of night, the security personnel returned after finishing the search operation: Shopian encounter.
The ongoing encounter in the Check Nowgam area of Shopian district of South Kashmir since the late evening is now over.
Taking advantage of the darkness of night, the terrorists escaped from the encounter site.
The security forces once again launched a search operation in the area as soon as the morning, but there was no success in this operation that lasted for hours.
Police say that the terrorists were successful in getting out of the village. So the security personnel returned after finishing the search operation.
Three soldiers were injured in this encounter that started on Wednesday. He has been admitted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital for treatment.
According to information received from police sources, on the evening of Republic Day on Wednesday, the security forces received information that some terrorists were hiding in the Check Nowgam area.
SOG jawans reached the spot along with a joint team of Army and CRPF and started searching for the terrorists.
Then the terrorists hiding in a house started firing on seeing the security forces coming near them.
In this attack, three army personnel Somvir Kumar, Mayank Singh, and Sunil Kumar were seriously injured. The injured jawans have been admitted to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital.
Seeing the night, the army made arrangements for illumination at the encounter site amid retaliation. Intermittent firing continued from both sides throughout the night.
All of a sudden this morning the firing process stopped. Continuing the operation, as soon as the security forces cordoned off the encounter site and started searching for the terrorists, no terrorist was found.
Police say that the terrorists escaped thereby taking advantage of the darkness of the night. It was feared that two to three terrorists were present there.
Terrorists fled taking advantage of the darkness: These terrorists are being told local.
Security forces have expressed apprehension that these terrorists have migrated from Check Naugam village to some other village.
For the time being, the security forces have called off the search operation and asked their information systems located in the surrounding areas to be alert.
After the information about the sighting of the terrorists again, the security personnel will again launch an operation to nab them.
After concluding the search operation, all the security personnel has returned to their respective units.