Army’s crackdown on Dhangri terror led to the death of many. Four civilians were shot dead by presumed Jaish terrorists last Sunday in a targeted killing in Rajouri’s Dhangri. After one day, two children died in an IED blast in the same house where firing took place. On Sunday, another injured succumbed to injuries taking the toll to seven. In the Balakot sector of Mendhar in J&K, on Saturday evening, The Indian Army gunned down two terrorists as part of its operations to nab those involved in the Dhangri killings. The entire area has been cordoned off and anti-terror operations are underway, Army said.
The security forces have intensified their crackdown to nab the terrorists involved in twin terror attacks in Rajouri’s Dhangri village in which six civilians including children were killed over two days. Four civilians were killed after two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists opened fire at three houses separated by a distance of 50 metres from each other. The next day, two children aged four and 16 died in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at the house where the firing had taken place.
On Sunday, the toll in the terror attack mounted to seven as an injured named Prince succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at GMC, Jammu. The deceased was the brother of Deepak Kumar, who was killed on the day of the attack on January 1.
At least 18 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force are currently deployed in Rajouri and Poonch to expedite anti-terror operations, a decision taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in wake of the spike in targeted killings in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A team of National Investigation Agency investigators visited Dhangri village to carry out an initial probe into the killings which have triggered massive outrage in the Valley. The J&K Police have announced a ₹10 lakh reward to anyone sharing intel about the attackers.
