Heroic Sacrifice: Army Personnel Fall in J&K Encounter

Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed and two others injured in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district. Acting on a tip-off, a joint Army-police team launched a cordon-and-search operation, resulting in an exchange of fire. The injured soldiers were airlifted to an Army hospital.

In a tragic incident, two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, lost their lives, and two others were injured during a confrontation with terrorists in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, according to security officials.

The gunbattle erupted when a joint team of Army and police initiated a cordon-and-search operation in the Naidgham area based on intelligence inputs. Officials stated that a fierce exchange of fire ensued between the security forces and terrorists who were hiding in the Pingnal Dugadda forest area.

Four Army personnel sustained injuries in the firefight, with JCO Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar and Sepoy Arvind Singh succumbing to their wounds later. The injured were evacuated to an Army hospital for further treatment. This encounter follows a successful operation where two Pakistani terrorists were neutralized in Udhampur district.

(With inputs from agencies.)