Rajouri encounter: The Indian Army on Friday shared pictures of a small cave being used by terrorists as a hideout in the forests of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is pertinent to mention that the encounter broke out in the Bajimaal area of the district following a cordon-and-search operation on Wednesday (November 22).
Here are pictures of terrorists hideout
According to security officials, such hideouts are relatively difficult to detect and breach. "This was the small cave being used by terrorists as a hideout in the forests of Rajouri area. Such hideouts are relatively difficult to detect and breach. Two terrorists were killed in the operation Solki by the security forces including the Special Forces of the Indian Army," said officials, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Two terrorists killed
Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, were killed in a 36-hour-long gunfight with security forces on Wednesday and Thursday.
On the LeT commander, a defence spokesman said he has been identified as Quari, a Pakistan national and hardcore terrorist. "He has been trained on the Pakistan and Afghanistan front. He is a highly ranked terrorist leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba," he said.
Quari, a top LeT commander, was active in Rajouri-Poonch along with his group for the past one year, police said, adding that he is also believed to be the mastermind of Dangri and Kandi attacks. He was sent to revive terrorism in the region. Quari was an expert in IEDs, a trained sniper and operated from caves.
Five army personnel laid down their lives
Five army personnel, including two captains, were killed in the operation against the terrorists in the Bajimaal area on Wednesday.
Those killed in the operation are Captain M V Pranjal of Karnataka's Mangalore area, Captain Shubham Gupta of Uttar Pradesh's Agra, Havaldar Abdul Majid of Ajote in Jammu and Kahsmir's Poonch, Lance Naik Sanjay Bist of Uttarakhand's Halli Padli area and Paratrooper Sachin Laur of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
(With agencies input)
