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Early Times Report
Jammu, June 12: Five Army soldiers and a Special Police Officer (SPO) of Jammu and Kashmir police suffered injuries in two ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the Doda and Kathua districts of Jammu.
Police officials said on Wednesday that a gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces late on Tuesday night in the Chattargala area, or Doda district.
"At around 1:45 am, the army and police were engaged with terrorists in the Chattargala area of Bhaderwah in Doda district," they said.
They said that five army soldiers and one SPO sustained bullet injuries in the gunfight, and they immediately evacuated and shifted to the Sub-District Hospital Bhaderwah for treatment.
Meanwhile, in another ongoing operation in village Saida Sukhal at Kootah Morh in Kathua district, one CRPF jawan suffered a bullet injury and succumbed on Wednesday morning. The martyred CRPF personnel was identified as Constable G. D. Kabir Dass.
"One civilian, namely Onkar, 45, of village Sohal, Hiranagar, also suffered an injury to his left arm when terrorists fired at him. He was admitted to Government Medical College, Kathua," said a police official. |
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