• In a tragic incident, an army officer lost his life, and three soldiers were injured during a fierce gunfight with terrorists in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter took place on Saturday in the Bhart Ridge area as part of a joint counter-terror operation.
• The deceased officer, Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar, hailed from the 2 Para (SF) unit. This operation was part of an intensified search following the recent killing of two village defence guards (VDGs) in the region.
• The encounter erupted at around 11 am when joint search parties of the army and police intercepted terrorists in a forest near the spot where the bodies of the slain VDGs, Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, were found. This incident has led to a massive search operation in the forests of Kuntwara and Keshwan.