The operation to flush out the terrorists from Kashmir has now entered into its fifth day, with over 100 hours of gunfight which led to the deaths of three Indian officers.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police is heading a joint operation to flush out the terrorists who have infiltrated the valley from Pakistan occupied Kashmir, exposing the major role of the Pakistan security force in the conspiracy against India.
The operation to flush out terrorists hiding in Gadole forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district entered the fifth day on Sunday as security forces widened the area of operation to neighbouring villages and fired several mortar shells towards the forest, officials said.
Security forces are using drones and helicopters for surveillance of the dense forest area where terrorists are believed to be holed up since Wednesday after killing two Army officers and a deputy superintendent of police in the initial exchange of fire, the officials said.
As the operation has been advancing for more than 100 hours, the Indian armed forces revealed that some of the terrorists infiltrating the country were given cover fire by Pakistani forces, exposing the role of the Pakistan Army and security in aiding terrorism.
Pakistan forces gave covering fire to one of three terrorists, who tried to cross over into India from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri town of Baramulla district. All three infiltrators were neutralised by the security forces on Saturday, as per the Indian Army.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer, 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonchak, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat and a soldier were killed by the terrorists on Wednesday in the middle of the Anantnag encounter.
The police believe two to three terrorists are trapped in the forest area as the forces maintained a tight cordon.
Additional Director General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar late Friday night said the operation was launched on the basis of specific input and claimed "two to three trapped terrorists will be neutralised."
(With PTI inputs)
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