Army Op To Retrieve Jawans' Bodies From Forest Where Terrorists Holed Up

Friday, 15 October 2021Newsdesk

Troops of the Indian Army are advancing cautiously towards a forest in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district to bring back the bodies of two soldiers who were killed in action yesterday, sources have said. The task is proving to be tough as the terrorists have hidden deep inside the forest and have fired at the security forces, they said.

New Delhi, 15 October 2021

As per news report of NDTV, With the loss of the two soldiers, the army suffered seven casualties this week in the ongoing operation - five soldiers were killed in action when the encounter started on Monday. The operation to bring back the two bodies from the forest was launched this morning, sources said. "The bodies are being retrieved. It will be competed very soon," said a police officer, who asked not to be named. The authorities have closed the Poonch-Jammu Highway as a safety measure. The heavily armed terrorists seem to be well entrenched in the forests and the operation to neutralise them is proving to be tough, sources said.

Source - NDTV