Jammu: Two terrorists and an army officer were killed in a pre-dawn encounter on Wednesday when security personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said.
Major Akash Sambyal, 34-year-old valiant Army officer who hails from Jammu, downed two terrorists before he fell to the terrorists' bullets. He is survived by wife and two children.
During patrolling in forward area along Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday troops observed movement of a group of armed terrorists along the LoC in Sonagali area of Mendhar sub-sector, and challenged them, the official said.
The terrorists opened fire on the troops and hurled grenades, the official said, adding, the army personnel retaliated and a gunbattle took place in which the two infiltrators were killed and the army officer in the rank of Major lost his life.
Bodies of the two terrorists have been recovered while a search operation has been launched for the bodies of two other infiltrators who, as per the intercepts, were killed in the operation.
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