2 Army soldiers killed, 2 injured in gunfight with militants in J&K’s Kishtwar

Two Indian Army soldiers were killed and two others injured in a gunfight with suspected militants in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday.

The Army’s Nagrota-based White Knight Corps identified the dead as Naib Subedar Vipin Kumar and Sepoy Arvind Singh.

#IndianArmy #GOC White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of the #Bravehearts; offer deepest condolences to the families. @NorthernComd_IA@adgpi@SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/MRV4CLBTWE— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) September 13, 2024

The Army said a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police was launched in Chatroo on Friday based on intelligence inputs.

“A contact was established and scout leading the patrol exchanged heavy volume of fire with the terrorists at 15:30 hrs,” the White Knight Corps wrote on X.

The statement said that the operation was “ongoing”. Two to three militants were reported to be hiding as of 11 pm on Friday.

Earlier in the day, a police spokesperson had said that security forces and militants exchanged fire in the Pingnal Dugadda forests, in the upper reaches of Naidgam village within the Chatroo police station’s jurisdiction, reported The Indian Express.

The violence erupted ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the neighbouring Doda district on Saturday to address an election rally. Both districts will vote on September 18 in the first phase of Assembly elections in...

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