2 ultras, jawan killed in Kathua; 6 personnel injured in Doda

Jammu: Security forces killed a terrorist holed up in a border village in J&K’s Kathua district on Wednesday after a more than 15-hour operation. During the operation, his partner was also shot dead, and a CRPF jawan lost his life, officials said. Two senior officers escaped unhurt even as their vehicles were hit by bullets during the operation, which began on Tuesday night after two terrorists were spotted in Saida Sukhal village.
Officials said both the slain terrorists are believed to be Pakistanis.
In Doda district, five troopers of Rashtriya Rifles and a special police officer (SPO) were injured when terrorists attacked a joint checkpost in the upper reaches of Chattergalla on the Bhaderwah-Pathankot road late Tuesday night.
The two incidents come after Sunday’s terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims from the Shiv Khori temple to Katra, causing it to veer off the road and fall into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of nine people and injuries to 41 others. PTI