On Saturday, terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force convoy in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, in which one soldier was martyred while four other soldiers were injured. The condition of one soldier among the injured is said to be serious. Meanwhile, the army has intensified its search operation against the terrorists and additional army personnel have reached Jarra Wali Gali (JWG) in Poonch.

A picture of this attack has surfaced in which it is visible how the terrorists fired indiscriminately on the army vehicles. Marks of more than two dozen bullets are visible on the windscreen of a truck included in the army convoy. According to officials, the terrorists armed with AK assault rifles have fled into the nearby forests.

Search operation continues

The local Rashtriya Rifles (RR) unit has launched a massive search and cordon operation in the area. Even today, every vehicle passing through here is being searched by the security forces. Army vehicles have reached safely inside the air base located in the general area near Shahsitar. After receiving confidential information about the movement of suspicious people, the police with the help of paramilitary forces were conducting searches in Poonch city since Friday, however, this search was not successful. No one was arrested during the operation.

The terrorist attack took place at around 6.15 pm when the soldiers were returning from Jaranwali to the Air Force base. Officials suspect the involvement of the same group of terrorists who had ambushed soldiers in nearby Bufliaz on December 21 last year, in which four soldiers were martyred and three others were injured.

Air Force statement

In a post on Twitter, the Indian Air Force said, "The convoy has been secured and further investigation is underway. In the exchange of fire with the terrorists, the airmen returned fire. During this, five Indian Air Force personnel were hit by bullets and they were injured." One airman died during treatment and further action is underway.

Signal of return of terrorists!

Poonch district, bordering with nearby Rajouri, has seen some major terrorist attacks in the last two years indicating the return of terrorist activities in the region, once the region was freed from terrorism and between 2003 and 2021. There was peace. BJP leader Kavinder Gupta blamed Pakistan and called the attack an attempt to spoil the atmosphere. 

This is the third terrorist attack in the Pir Panjal region spread over Rajouri and Poonch districts in the last two weeks. On April 22, a 40-year-old villager was killed in firing by terrorists near Shahdara Sharif area of ​​Thanamandi. On April 28, Mohammad Sharif, a village guard, was murdered in the Basantgarh area of ​​Udhampur.