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New Delhi: Due to increasing terrorist (terrorist ) activities in Jammu region, the number of troops in the area has been increased. Inter command change has been done to eliminate terrorists from the area. The number of troops has been increased in Doda, Badarwah, Kishtwar including Kathua, Samba, Kathua. Soldiers have also been sent from Western Command. Such a big change has been made for the first time after the face-off with the Chinese Army PLA in Ladakh (April 2020).
Increased terrorist attacks in recent times
On Monday, in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, four army personnel including a captain were martyred in a fierce encounter with armed terrorists of Pakistani terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed. This was the third major terrorist incident in Jammu region in three weeks. This attack on Monday night came a week after terrorists ambushed an army patrol vehicle in Kathua district, in which five soldiers were martyred and as many army personnel were injured.
On Monday, Captain Brijesh Thapa from Darjeeling, Naik Dokkari Rajesh from Andhra Pradesh, and Sepoys Bijendra and Ajay Kumar Singh from Rajasthan were injured in a firing incident in Desa forest area. National Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel had launched a cordon and search operation there.
Terrorists had also attacked a bus carrying pilgrims
Earlier on July 9, terrorists fled after an encounter with security forces in the Ghadi Bhagwah forest bordering Kishtwar district. Earlier on June 26, three terrorists were killed in a day-long operation in the Gandoh area of the district. Similarly, anti-terror operations were intensified in Doda after five army personnel and a special police officer were injured in a fierce firing on June 12.
A policeman was injured in another encounter in Gandoh the next day. The Jammu region remained relatively peaceful between 2005 and 2021 after security forces wiped out terrorism, but the region has seen a rise in terrorist attacks last month. This includes an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in which nine people were killed and 40 injured.
