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Day 11 with no success in Poonch gun battle in Kashmir

PoliticsDay 11 with no success in Poonch gun battle in Kashmir

While the gun battle rages on to day 11 in Poonch, there is no breakthrough in Mendhar belt of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

With no success in Poonch gun battle that has entered the eleventh day on Thursday while the security agencies have also captured one suspect from Bhimber Gali area while he was clicking pictures of vital installations of the Indian Army.

“The search and cordon operation is on but still there is no major development in the ongoing gunfight in Nar Khas forested area of Mendhar,” an official said.

He also said one suspected person was arrested on Thursday morning when he was taking the photographs of some vital installations and the media persons had gathered near the spot for professional duties in view of the ongoing encounter.

“Some Pakistani contact numbers were also found in his cell phone. The matter is being investigated and his questioning is on,” they said.

Locals have already been asked to stay indoors as the Army has intensified the search operation with retaliation to the intermittent firing by the heavily armed terrorists. As of now, around eight people have been detained for allegedly providing logistics support to the terrorists.

Army Chief General M M Naravane also visited forward areas in Poonch and Rajouri districts and reviewed the overall security situation on Tuesday morning. Nine Army personnel including two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) have were killed in the gunfight that triggered in Rajouri-Poonch border districts on October 11.

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