Search operation underway in J&K’s Poonch after militant attack left 5 soldiers dead

Security forces today launched a massive cordon and search operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a day after five army personnel were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack, reported PTI.

The General officer Commanding (GoC), XVI corps, Lt Gen Sandeep Jain visited the area and reviewed the situation with top army and police officers, officials said.

“Indian Army and White knight Corps salutes the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in Surankote on yesterday while fighting the scourge of terrorism”, White Knight Corps, or XVI corps, wrote on X.