Terror plot foiled as SFs destroy IED in Rajouri
STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: An Army personnel was martyred in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Anantnag district on Saturday, police said.
Acting on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in Watnar area of Kokernag in the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the hiding terrorists fired upon the forces, who retaliated.
In the exchange of firing, one army man was killed, the official said.
He said further details were awaited.
In a related development, security forces detected and destroyed an improvised explosive device planted alongside the Rajouri-Gurdan road early, thus foiling a terrorist plot, police said.
According to a police spokesperson, information was received about some suspicious movement in Gurdan Chawa village on Rajouri-Gurdan road the previous night.
Joint teams of the police and Army personnel launched a cordon and search operation and found a suspicious object lying on the roadside, he said.
On inspection, the object turned out to be an IED. The bomb squad of the police later took it in their possession and destroyed it following standard operating procedure.
The police have registered a case and further investigation was underway, the spokesperson said.