Two Fidayeen killed,4 soldiers attains martyrdom in Rajouri district.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI:—Alert sentries at the gate of Army post at Parghal in Darhal tehsil in Rajouri district of J&K in the wee hours on Thursday foiled a fidayeen attack by the two hardcore terrorists who were killed in an about 3 hours long gun fight.
In the ensuing firefight 6 soldiers of the 60 RR also received critical injuries and later four among them succumbed to injuries including a Subedar & three riflemen.
During a search of the area, the Army recovered warlike stores from the slain terrorists, including 2- AK rifles grenades and AK rifle rounds including armed steel-core bullets.
Sources said that armed steel-core bullets (also known as Armour piercing- AP) were recovered first time in the Jammu province, which is made of hardened steel or some other material.
One among the AP bullet can cause a fire, reliable sources said.
According to Lt Col Devender Anand, PRO Defence (Jammu) said that the alert sentries of the India Army post at Parghal in district Rajouri detected suspicious persons approaching their post taking advantage of inclement weather and dense foliage.
“Both the terrorists were challenged by the sentries who threw grenade while attempting to gain entry inside the post. Alert troops engaged both the terrorists in a firefight, thereby pining them” said PRO.
He added , During the ensuing encounter both the terrorists were neutralised and six soldiers were also injured in the operation out of which three brave hearts succumbed to their injuries while repulsing the suicide attack by the terrorists.
Valiant soldiers made the supreme sacrifice upholding the highest tradition of the Indian Army, PRO further said.
The martyrs have been identified as Sub Rajinder Prasad r/o Maigoven in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan; Rifleman Lakshmanan D r/o Pudupatti in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu; Rifleman Nishant Malik r/o Adarsh Nagar in Hisat district in Haryana and Rifleman Manoj Kumar r/o Shahjahanpur of Faridabad district in Haryana.
It is pertinent to mention here that in the month of July in a major breakthrough Talib Hussain Shah @ Abu Ahmad of Daraj village in Kotranka sub-district in Rajouri district along with another LeT militant from Kashmir Faisal Ahmad Dar r/o Pulwama was arrested.
Talib Shah is LeT Commander for Rajouri area and was involved in 5 major terrorists activities/incidents, including of Drone-dropping collection (arms, ammunition, explosives & Indian currency from across LoC) in the district.
According to ADGP, Jammu Mukesh Singh, Talib Shah had also received 2 groups of terrorists from Kashmir to Rajouri.
Talib Shah informed the police that out of these groups, two other terrorists are still operating in the higher reaches of Pir Panjal.
Both the fidayeen who attempted to sneak into an army post at Parghal today could be the same who were still operating.
Reliable sources said on Tuesdays the slain terrorists were spotted in Darhal town at about 10.30 pm and since then the Security Forces had launched search & destroy operations.
Unfortunately, due to intelligence failure after Talib’s revelation, these terrorists managed to cause huge losses in the form of the martyrdom of our four brave hearts.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha in a Tweet said: “Strongly condemn despicable terrorist attack in Rajouri; tributes to brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice. Heartfelt condolences to the families of the bravehearts martyred in the attack. We shall deal with the evil designs of terrorists and their backers in a befitting manner”.
As both the terrorists remained unidentified, their DNA samples were collected & preserved.