3 Pakistan terrorists killed in J&K, injured JCO dies

In Jammu and Kashmir, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector, but their infiltration bid was thwarted, officials said on Saturday. They said alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near a stream in a forward forest setting in the Keri Bhattal area late Friday night, and challenged them, leading to a fierce gun fight which continued for quite some time. A JCO was injured in the encounter and later succumbed to injuries, the officials said, adding the whole area has been cordoned off with deployment of reinforcements and a search operation was underway when last reports were received. 

#GOC #WhiteKnightCorps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of #Braveheart Sub Kuldeep Chand of 9 PUNJAB. He laid down his life while gallantly leading a #CounterInfiltration operation along the #LineofControl in the #Keri-#Battal area of #Sunderbani on the night of 11 Apr… pic.twitter.com/y6MmMcfTN9

— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) April 12, 2025

In another development, three terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Friday as the Army's anti-militancy operation entered its second day. The operation, which began on April 9, is part of a wider effort to track terrorists in the hilly regions of the Jammu division. Each carried a reward of Rs5 lakh on their heads.Commandos from the elite 2, 5, and 9 Para of the Army, CRPF, and the SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police were involved in the operation.The anti-terror operations were conducted in the snow-covered mountains with dense forest cover. A large quantity of arms, ammunition, and explosives was recovered from the encounter site. Amid ongoing anti-terror operations, a group of three armed terrorists, believed to be from the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit, barged into a villager's house in Basantgarh, Udhampur district, late Wednesday.