2023-04-21 05:15:00
Poonch: The NIA will also investigate the incident in which soldiers died in a terrorist attack on an army vehicle in Jammu’s Poonch. The information available is that the team will reach Poonch by Friday followingnoon. The soldiers were on their way to Poonch from Bhimbar Gali in Rajouri region when they were attacked.
The team will visit the site along with forensic experts. The soldiers killed are Havildar Mandeep Singh, Lance Naik Debashish Baswal, Lance Naik Kulwant Singh, Sepoy Harkrishan Singh and Sepoy Sevak Singh. Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pandey paid tributes to the soldiers.
Visibility was poor due to heavy rain. It is believed that the terrorists attacked by taking advantage of this. The terrorists fired at the vehicle from three sides. Later the grenade was thrown. Due to this, the fuel tank of the vehicle caught fire.
The army concluded that there were four terrorists in the group. Members of the Rashtriya Rifles unit were attacked. They are assigned to fight once morest terrorism. The army said that the search for the terrorists who carried out the attack is in progress.
The place where the attack took place is 60 km away from Poonch. Initially, military sources said that the accident was caused by a fire in the vehicle. It was later confirmed that it was a terrorist attack.
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