Military Chief to Go to Jammu to Evaluation Safety Scenario

SRINAGAR: Chief of Military Workers Basic Manoj Pande is more likely to go to Jammu on Monday to evaluate ongoing counter-terrorist operations in Rajouri and Poonch sectors, the place 4 troopers have been killed in a militant assault.

Official sources mentioned that Basic Pande will evaluate the safety scenario that prevailed amid the continuing operations within the Poonch and Rajouri sectors.

His go to comes after 4 troopers have been killed and three have been injured in an ambush by militants on two Military automobiles in Poonch on December 21.

Earlier, within the day the military paid tributes to troopers Naik Birender Singh, Rifleman Gautam Kumar, Naik Karan Kumar, and Rifleman Chandan Kumar, throughout a wreath-laying ceremony in Rajouri.

Basic Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi led the wreath-laying ceremony at a navy camp the place their mortal stays have been shifted.

Lt Gen Dwivedi interacted with the following of kin of the slain troopers. Later, their mortal stays have been despatched to their hometowns in Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.

In the meantime, a search operation to trace down the militants continues close to the assault scene. Officers mentioned a large search operation continued in Surankote and close by Thanamandi forest space of Rajouri for the fifth day immediately.

Following the killing of 4 troopers within the terror assault, three civilians additionally died after they have been picked up by forces for questioning with authorities and military ordering separate probe into the matter.

The federal government additionally introduced compensation and jobs to the households of three civilians who died within the aftermath of the phobia assault—(KNO)