SRINAGAR — Army on Sunday paid tribute to two soldiers who lost their lives during an encounter in Shopian in South Kashmir on Saturday.
The Northern Commander of Indian Army tweeted, “#LtGenUpendraDwivedi, #ArmyCdrNC & all ranks #salute the Bravehearts Sepoy Santosh Yadav and Sepoy Chavan Romit who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on 19 Feb 2022 in #Shopian of South Kashmir & offer deepest condolences to the family. @adgpi @ChinarcorpsIA.”
A Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was killed during a counter-terror operation at Chermarg in the Zainapora area of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Two Army jawans were also killed in the operation.
Based on a specific input generated by police regarding the presence of militants in village Chermarg Zainapora area of Shopian, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, 1st Rashtriya Rifles and 178 Battalion of CRPF in the area.
During the operation, the area surrounding a cluster of houses were cordoned off and the process of evacuating civilians was initiated.
During the process, as the search party started searching a house belonging to Gowhar Ahmad Bhat, the house owner intentionally misled the search party and denied sheltering the terrorist in his house, according to police. — (ANI)