J&K: JCO, jawan killed during counter-terror operation in Poonch
FirstpostThe incident comes just three days after five army personnel were shot dead during an encounter in the Surankote area of Poonch Jammu: Two Indian Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Friday. According to a defence spokesperson, the JCO and a jawan were critically injured during a counter-terrorist operation in the Nar Khas forest area in Mendhar sub-division on Thursday evening. The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said terrorists involved in a recent attack on security forces in Poonch, in which five army personnel including a JCO were killed, were present in the area for the last two to three months. On 12 October, five army personnel, including a JCO, were killed during an encounter between security forces and terrorists at Dera Ki Gali in the Surankote area of Poonch.