• Source:JND

Heavy gunfire and heavy exchange of fire have started in the Dorimal forest area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. The development comes when Operation Sherwali is currently underway against terrorists and has reached its final stage.

Along with a massive deployment of security forces, additional reinforcements and logistical support have been immediately rushed to the encounter site to further strengthen the cordon and prevent terrorists from escaping through the dense forest.

According to news agency PTI, security forces launched a fresh fire assault and multiple grenade launcher (MGL) attacks on specific suspected terrorist hideouts as Operation Sherwali entered its sixth day.

Preliminary information suggests that two to three Pakistani terrorists, including a commander, are believed to be hiding in the area.

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The fresh assault came a day after Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma visited the area and reviewed the ongoing anti-terror operation in the dense forests.

The officials said that the fresh fire assault was launched on suspected hideouts in the Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla belt of the Manjakote area, amid the narrowing down of the cordon to eliminate terrorists believed to be hiding in the region.

The firing and MGL assaults resulted in plumes of smoke rising from the forested areas, indicating that the targeted locations were struck during the operation, they said.

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How was terror hideout was busted?

On Monday, the Indian forces busted a terror hideout after a brief exchange of fire as part of Operation Sherwali. Blood stains were detected in the area.

The security forces then followed the blood stains, believed to have been left behind by the fleeing terrorists. The forces finally reached to the newly targeted forest hideout.


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