Hunt For Terrorists, Probe Agency In J&K After 5 Soldiers Killed In Attack
NDTV
The National Investigation Agency, or NIA, will join the investigation, an official told NDTV, adding that a team of the anti-terror agency's unit in Jammu is on its way to the attack site.
A massive search operation has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir following the terrorist attack on an army truck in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Five soldiers died and another was seriously injured in the terrorist attack on the military vehicle in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector.
The vehicle carrying the soldiers - all of them from Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counterterror operations - was fired upon by the terrorists at around 3 pm and later caught fire due to a likely grenade attack, the Army said.
The National Investigation Agency, or NIA, will join the investigation, an official told NDTV, adding that a team of the anti-terror agency's unit in Jammu is on its way to the attack site.
A team of forensic experts is also at the site near the Bhimber Gali area of Poonch, officials added.