Indian Major including four army personnel killed in IIOJK

An Indian Major including four army personnel were killed after an encounter on Monday night in Doda district’s Desa forests Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

According to Indian media, the personnel sustained bullet wounds in a brief encounter with the freedom fighters.

They were evacuated to the hospital but four of them later succumbed to injuries.

The Nagrota-based White Knight Corps had confirmed “injuries” to the Indian soldiers, but did not give details about the injured.

“Additional reinforcements have been moved into the area. Operations are in progress,” it added.

Sources, however, had said that the injured included a Major rank officer.

Following spurt in incidents of the attacks and reports about movement of the freedom fighters from different places in IIOJK division, the police and security forces have launched joint combing and search operations at a massive scale in various parts of the division.