New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency will assist Jammu and Kashmir Police in its investigation into the terrorist attack on an army convoy in Kathua that left five soldiers dead and several injured, officials said on Tuesday.
He said that a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers has been sent to Kathua in Jammu region to provide all possible assistance to the police in the investigation and clarified that the investigating agency has not registered any case to investigate the terrorist attack. Is. ,
Five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed when a group of heavily armed terrorists ambushed a patrol on the rugged Machedi-Kindli-Malhar hill road near Badnota village in Lohai Malhar, about 150 km away. And many were injured. From the headquarters of Kathua district.
This was the fifth terrorist attack in Jammu region within a month.
A massive search operation was being conducted on Tuesday to trace the terrorists behind the attack. Jammu and Kashmir police chief R R Swain also rushed to the area to monitor the operations on the ground.
The scope of the search operation has been expanded to include large areas in the surrounding districts of Udhampur and Kathua, including Basantgarh, Seoj (a high altitude area in Udhampur), and the upper reaches of Bani, Daggar and Kindli in Kathua district. Is included. ,
Officials said special forces from the 'Para' unit of the Indian Army have been deployed to conduct surgical operations against terrorists in specific areas.
President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday termed the terrorist attack as a "cowardly act" and said it deserved condemnation besides strong retaliatory action.
He said that a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers has been sent to Kathua in Jammu region to provide all possible assistance to the police in the investigation and clarified that the investigating agency has not registered any case to investigate the terrorist attack. Is. ,
Five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed when a group of heavily armed terrorists ambushed a patrol on the rugged Machedi-Kindli-Malhar hill road near Badnota village in Lohai Malhar, about 150 km away. And many were injured. From the headquarters of Kathua district.
This was the fifth terrorist attack in Jammu region within a month.
A massive search operation was being conducted on Tuesday to trace the terrorists behind the attack. Jammu and Kashmir police chief R R Swain also rushed to the area to monitor the operations on the ground.
The scope of the search operation has been expanded to include large areas in the surrounding districts of Udhampur and Kathua, including Basantgarh, Seoj (a high altitude area in Udhampur), and the upper reaches of Bani, Daggar and Kindli in Kathua district. Is included. ,
Officials said special forces from the 'Para' unit of the Indian Army have been deployed to conduct surgical operations against terrorists in specific areas.
President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday termed the terrorist attack as a "cowardly act" and said it deserved condemnation besides strong retaliatory action.
