The terrorists fled the scene in the face of strong retaliation by the joint patrolling party.
Udhampur, Aug 19 :
The CRPF along with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police was fired upon by the terrorists around 3:30 pm in the remote Chill area under Dudu Police Station jurisdiction of Basantgarh, the officials said.
CRPF Inspector Kuldip, belonging to the G company of the 187th battalion, was hit by a bullet and later succumbed to his injuries while being taken to the hospital, they said.
The Udhampur Police posted information about this incident on its official X handle.
“During area domination patrol at Chill, Dudu, exchange of fire took place between terrorists and joint parties of JKP and CRPF. In the encounter, one Inspector of CRPF suffered bullet injuries & has attained martyrdom.Operation continues,” it said.
The terrorists fled the scene in the face of strong retaliation by the joint patrolling party, the officials said, adding reinforcements have been rushed to the scene and a search operation has been launched to track down and neutralise the militants.
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces on Monday in Dudu village of the Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A CRPF official suffered bullet injuries during the encounter and succumbed to the injuries.
“During area domination patrol at Cheel, Dudu, an exchange of fire took place between terrorists and joint parties of J-K Police and CRPF,”Jammu and Kashmir Police said.
“In the encounter, one Inspector of CRPF suffered bullet injuries and succumbed to the injuries. Operation continues,” Police added.
CRPF inspector
The security apparatus in Jammu and Kashmir is preparing for a ‘high alert’ mode in view of the forthcoming three-phase assembly polls that have been announced by the Election Commission last week.
The Election Commission earlier on Friday announced the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1, and the votes will be counted on October 4.
Further details are underway.
Notably, Jammu and Kashmir is going to witness the elections after a gap of 10 years, as the last assembly election was held in 2014.
The polling in the UT will be held in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1, as per the Election Commission of India. The counting of the votes will take place on October 4. There are a total of 90 assembly constituencies, of which 74 are general, nine are ST, and seven are SC.
Earlier on August 14, one terrorist was killed by security forces during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J-K) Doda district.
“One terrorist has been neutralised in the ongoing operation. One AK 47 has been recovered in addition to the M4 rifle. Intermittent exchange of firing continues as the operations are ongoing,” White Knight Corps said.
Additional Director General of Police Anand Jain visited Doda as the Indian Army and J-K Police continued their search operation in the area.
An Indian Army captain also lost his life while leading a search operation during the encounter.
