CAPTAIN AMONG 4 SOLDIERS MARTYRED IN DODA

Encounter is third major clash in region within three weeks. | Extensive ops to flush out terrorists from forest area

- AJAY JANDYAL

Four army personnel, including an officer, were martyred in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in the remote forests of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The encounter, marking the third major clash in the region within three weeks, unfolded during a joint operation by the Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in the Desa forest belt.

Captain Brijesh Thapa from Darjeeling, Naik Dokkari Rajesh from Andhra Pradesh, and Sepoys Bijendra and Ajay Kumar Singh from Rajasthan suffered fatal injuries in the gunfight in the Desa forest area, .

Following the encounter, security forces, including Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police, swiftly launched an extensive operation in the Desa forest belt to flush out terrorists.