Two Army personnel were killed and two others injured in a gunbattle Friday between security forces and terrorists in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Nagrota-based White Knight Corps said four Army personnel had been injured in the firefight. Sources said that two personnel succumbed to injuries while being taken to the Chatroo hospital.
The gunbattle in Kishtwar — it will vote in the first phase of the Assembly elections in the Union Territory on September 18 — took place a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to adjoining Doda. He is scheduled to address a public meeting in Doda Saturday.
Giving details of its ‘Op Shahpurshal’, the White Knight Corps, in a post on X, said a joint operation with J&K Police was launched in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar following intelligence inputs. It said contact was established with terrorists at 3.30 pm. The operation, it said, was “in progress”.
