A day after three more people were found dead near the Poonch dating site, the mobile network was suspended on Saturday in the Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The soldiers were killed on Dec. 21 after militants attacked two of their cars near Topa Pir, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. It was near the spot where three citizens were discovered dead Friday night, and sources say there were between seven and eight men arrested. in relation to the terrorist attack.
The sources said senior civilian, police and army officials, adding that Deputy Commissioner Poonch and the chief superintendent of police were in Bufliaz until Friday night to investigate the case. The division commissioner from Jammu was also heading towards Poonch. Protests were also reported in the area.
On Thursday afternoon, a gypsy and a mini-truck were travelling from Bufliaz in Surankote to Thanamandi in Rajouri, where a unit of the Rashtriya Rifles is located.
As the vehicles with the Army personnel reached below Topa Pir, militants who appeared to have already laid an ambush attacked them, sources said.
On Friday, a major search operation was carried out in the dense forests to hunt down the terrorists as the commanding general of the Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain and Police Chief R R Swain inspected the ambush scene and tested the security conditions. PTI reported.
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A team from the National Investigation Agency, led by a deputy director with the rank of inspector general, also went to the ambush site.
“Indian Army and White Knight Corps salute the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in Surankote yesterday while fighting the scourge of terrorism,” White Knight Corps or XVI Corps wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
An official told PTI that aerial surveillance helicopters are also being carried out and sniffer dogs have been put into service to track terrorists.