Pulwama encounter: AAP pays homage to 4 Army personnel martyred
TNN Bureau. Updated: 2/18/2019 2:42:48 PM
Politics
New Delhi, Feb 18: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) condoled to Army Major and three soldiers who were martyred in a fierce encounter, which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Monday.
'Two top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in the encounter,' official sources said.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the AAP said,'Today we lost four of our brave soldiers. Heart goes out to the family of the martyrs. In this moment of grief, we stand with our forces. #RIPBraveHearts'.
On a tip-off about the presence of militants in village Pinglan, about three km from the main town in Pulwama on Srinagar-Shopian road, troops of 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint search operation in the wee hours on Monday.
However, when the security forces were sealing the particular area in the village at 0100 hrs, militants hiding there opened indiscriminate firing in which four soldiers, including a Major, were critically wounded.
The injured were shifted to 92 Base hospital, where they reportedly succumbed.
The deceased soldiers were identified as Major D S Dondial, soldiers Seva Ram, Ajay Kumar and Hari Singh.