2 Soldiers killed In Encounter With Militants Rajouri, Officer Among 4 Injured : Army

Jammu|May,5: Two Army personnel were on Friday killed and four others including an officer were injured after an encounter broke out between the militants and security forces in Rajouri . The incident took place in the Kesari area of Kandi hamlet.
A statement released by Army PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand said that security forces, in a joint operation, had cordoned off a group of militants in the Kandi area of the Kotranka sub-division and the encounter began around 8 am. “Indian Army columns have been conducting relentless intelligence based operations to flush out a group of terrorists involved in an ambush on an army truck in the Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in Jammu region,” the statement said.
As the joint teams of forces approached towards the spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering the encounter, the Army said. The injured have been taken to the Command Hospital in Udhampur. With the operation in progress, further details are awaited.