Jammu News Desk!! A fierce encounter took place between terrorists and security forces in the Chatru forests of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening. Two army personnel have been martyred and two soldiers have been injured in this encounter. According to reports, the security forces had received information about the presence of terrorists here. During the search operation in the forests, the terrorists started firing indiscriminately. The martyred soldiers include Naib Subedar Bipin Kumar and Constable Arvind Singh, while the injured include Constable Musadik Shafiq Wani of 11 National Rifles and Sahil Thakur of Bhandarkot. Both these injured soldiers have been taken to the Command Hospital in Udhampur. The police spokesperson said that the encounter started during a search operation, when an operation was launched in search of terrorists in the forests of Pingnal Dugda. This forest is located in the upper part of Nadgham village of Chatru.
PM Modi’s rally in Doda
Let us tell you that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Doda on Saturday to address a rally for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The Prime Minister’s rally is scheduled at 12.30 pm. Kishtwar is 55 km away from the Prime Minister’s rally program in Doda city, where the army had an encounter with terrorists.
Let us tell you that BJP has fielded 8 candidates in Chenab Valley, which includes Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts. Voting will be held in these three districts in the first phase. Prime Minister Modi last campaigned in these areas during the 2014 assembly elections. During that time, BJP won four out of six seats in the region. After delimitation, the number of seats in this region has increased to eight. Earlier, two terrorists were killed in an encounter in Basantgarh near the Kathua-Udhampur border of the Union Territory. There was firing between security forces and terrorists in Udhampur district.
