Kashmir Encounter Enters Day 4, Gunfight Continues In Challenging Terrain
NDTV
The security personnel are caught between forests and a hill on one side and a deep ditch on the other, sources have said.
The encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district has entered its fourth day with terrorists holed up in a cave on the top of a hill. The security personnel are caught between forests and a hill on one side and a deep ditch on the other, sources have said.
The gunfight began during a joint operation of the Army and the police Tuesday night to hunt down the terrorists hiding in the Gadul forest of Kokernag. A soldier went missing and three officers killed in action when they tried to approach the Lashkar terrorists' hideout atop a hill.
The terrorists - who are well versed with the local terrain -- are holed up in a cave on the top of a hill that can be accessed only by a narrow route with a deep ditch on one side, highly placed sources have told NDTV. It was this route that the officers had used to approach the cave on Wednesday, but came under firing with nowhere to take cover.
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