“More forces have been sent to the army camp to secure the area. Some terrorists tried to cross the fence of the army camp at Pargal. The sentry challenged them and an exchange of fire took place”, Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh stated.
Two terrorists attempted to cross military fencing in Jammu and Kashmir and were shot dead during a shoot-out in Pargal.
Spotted at the army camp near the Rajouri area of J&K, they were challenged by the Indian army which soon surged into an open fire exchange.
Three Indian soldiers lost their lives in the shootout while trying to neutralize the terrorist suicide attack.
Two soldiers were also injured in this pre-dawn strike.
The officers who sacrificed their lives were Subedar Rajendra Prasad, Rifleman Lakshmanan D, and Rifleman Manoj Kumar.
The shootout
Officials said that the pre-dawn shoot-out took place near the military camp, 25km from Rajouri.
The area has been sealed off along with additional dispatches to the area.
According to the police officials, a terrorist group called “Lashkar-e-Taiba” was behind this suicide attack.
This was the biggest attack the area has seen since February 2018, the Sunjwan camp attack in Jammu.
In 2016, a similar attack took place in Uri, J&k, in which eighteen soldiers were killed in action.
The terrorist attack took place after 3 terrorists of “Lashkar-e-Taiba” were killed by the army forces in Budgam. One of them was directly involved in the murder of TV artist Amreen Bhat and Pandit Rahul Bhat.
The terrorist attack took place just a few days before Independence day, leaving the civilians in distress.
The officials recently have confirmed the arrest of Talib Hussain Shah, who formerly was in charge of BJP minority morcha’s social media handle. He was later discharged by BJP who blamed it on faulty online membership for allowing participants without a background check. The police have also busted a major terrorist group module in J&K.
Talib Shah was also involved in a number of attacks in this area. Police have discovered a large number of firearms from his residence.
