A manhunt is presently on for the group the terrorists responsible for the ambush- style killings of the three men, the officers said One dogface is unaccounted for in the counterterror operation underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag quarter where two army officers and a deputy supervisor of police( DSP) were killed in a gunfight on Wednesday, officers apprehensive of the matter said on Friday.
A manhunt is presently on for the group the terrorists responsible for the ambush- style killings of the three men, the officers said. The security forces have cast a wide net for the fugitive terrorists drilled up in the Garol timber in Anantnag, with elitecounter-terrorist outfits( including men from the Special Forces) stalking for the perpetrators.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, the commanding officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Aashish Dhonchak, also from the same legion, and DSP Humayun Muzamil Bhat were killed in the gunfight. The security forces managed to close in on two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on Thursday after mounts were broughtin.Assault brigades had zeroed in on what they believed to be a terrorist den( a delve – suchlike structure) and brought the fury of their automatic munitions on it to neutralise the inhabitants.
The army and the police launched a common operation on Tuesday night after entering intelligence about terrorist movement and their likely den in the forested area. The Anantnag hassle has brought into focus how youthful fostering officers of specialist counterterrorism units are filling four pivotal places leading from the front, conducting operations on the ground, furnishing provocation on the battleground and keeping the men under their command out of detriment’s way.
The hassle also offers a grim memorial of the everyday threats of a dogface’s life, changeable combat issues and the vulnerability of commanders supervising operations, the officers said. It has shaken the relative calm in the Kashmir Valley where terror attacks had declined significantly and were at a five- time low( according to terrorism- related data tabled by the government in Parliament).
