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Udhampur: As per the recent development, An Army Captain was martyred in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. According to news agency PTI, 4 terrorists are also reported to have been killed in the encounter.
According to the Army, martyr Captain Deepak Singh is from 48 National Rifle. He was leading the team in the encounter going on in Asar Forest Area in Doda. On July 16 also, 5 soldiers including a Captain were martyred during an encounter in Desa area of Doda.
According to the Army, the encounter is still going on. The terrorists are hiding near a river in the forest and firing. In the morning, they ran back during the firing. From there, the soldiers found an American M-4 rifle and explosives in three bags.
The Defense Minister called a meeting in Delhi regarding the increasing terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. NSA Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and heads of other security agencies attended it. Information about the meeting has not been revealed.
Till July 21 this year, terrorists killed 28 people including army, security forces and civilians in 11 such hit-and-run attacks while the security forces carried out 28 anti-terrorism operations.
After reports of a group of 40-50 hardcore foreign mercenaries being active in the mountainous areas of Jammu division, the army deployed over 4,000 soldiers drawn from the elite Para commandos and those trained in mountain warfare in the mountainous districts of Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Udhampur, Kathua and Reasi districts of Jammu division.
These forces have been deployed on the mountaintops to thwart any hit-and-run attacks by the terrorists. During their past ambush attacks, the terrorists had carried out surprise attacks and then disappeared in the densely forested areas of these districts. The revised strategy of the army is aimed at depriving the terrorists of this element of surprise and hunting them out of the densely forested and foliaged areas of these hilly districts.
