KL Report
JAMMU
A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed and two other soldiers were injured in an encounter in the Kathar village of Arnia sector in Jammu division of the state on Thursday during an ongoing encounter. Two militants were also killed, while two others continue to hide in a makeshift bunker.
Police sources said that as per initial reports from the area, a group of militants infiltrated from Arnia belt of Jammu district and resorted to firing. They added that the security grid of Army, BSF and police swung into action and launched a search for the militants in the morning.
Police sources said that the militants occupied a vacant army bunker in Pindi Khattar belt of Arnia border sector of Jammu district.
“The bunker was of Army’s 92 infantry brigade. A fierce encounter broke out. A soldier has been killed and two others are injured,” they said.
A car has also been seized in the area which might have been used by the militants, sources said.
