This operation was undoubtedly the big counter-terrorism operation where the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police have successfully eliminated three terrorists in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The joint operation was conducted as part of an anti infiltration operation on Wednesday in the general area of Tagdha and Machhal in district Kupwara.
Its operation was carried out after realizing reliable information of the movement of the terrorists within the area. The region is near the Line of Control (LoC) and often militants in an effort to intrude into the Indian side from the PoK side have attempted to infiltrate into this area.
Police and other security agencies did not waste time; they immediately surrounded the possible hideouts in Tagdha and Machhal area. The terrorists who were thought to be part of a large infiltration squad encountered the joint forces for a fire fight. The operation that was conducted for several hours led to neutralization of three terrorists.
Kupwara is significant in counter-infiltration operations as the area is is nearest to the Line of Control. This is because the geographical features of the area include rough mountains and large forests, which offer concealment to the spies, hence a proving to be hard for the sechttps://r9news.in/2024/08/30/jk-government-shuffles-police-ranks-in-strategic-move/urity forces. But, this operation was responded sharply and instantly by the Indian Army and J-K Police revealing the effectiveness and determination of forces to protect the area.
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In the past few years, Kupwara has been a district, where terrorists tried to infiltrate into the Indian Territory on several occasions. As it has been pointed out earlier, the given district is on the infiltration map of the militants, which means that the security forces must be ever alert and take swift action at the latest opportunity.
After the operation, the security forces searched the area to check whether there are other terrorists present or some of them had tried to flee. The other involved terrorists’ bodies were also retrieved, and the continuing attempts are being made to establish their identity and groups they belonged to.
This Operation is in line with other operations carried out by the Indian security forces aimed at check-point infiltration attempts and neutralizing of terrorists operating in the area. The Indian Army & J-K Police have been carrying out combined patrols in some circular zones especially along the Line of Control for regulating peace & order in J & K.
The ability to neutralize three terrorists in the Kupwara operation is proof that both the Indian army and police forces in Jammu and Kashmir are quite prepared in their cooperative efforts. Since attempts to infiltrate the region persists, such operations are effective in guaranteeing the stability of the region. Our armed forces continue to keep their guard up and with the operations launched from time to time to ensure there is no violation of the LoC and to ensure that there is no unrest in the valley.
