The operations were going on in Kishtwar, Doda and Udhampur areas of Jammu and Kokernag area of Anantnag in Kashmir Valley. An army captain and an infiltrator were killed in the Assar area of Patnitop in Doda on August 14 and search operation continues in the area.
Two army personnel and a civilian were killed and four army personnel and a civilian injured in the Kokernag area of Kashmir. The casualties were reported on August 10 and the search operation is going on in the area since then. During this period, the forces also established brief contact with the infiltrators in Kishtwar and Udhampur area of Jammu, leading to intermittent exchange of fire with no reports of casualty from either side and the operations continued.
The J&K police have established 19 specialised counter-terror units across the eight districts Pirpanjal and Chenab Valleys of Jammu division, where militant incidents were reported in the last two months. These specialised units will be stationed in Udhampur, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri, and Poonch districts of Jammu.
As per the officials, out of the 70-80 foreign infiltrators active across J&K, 55-60 are active in the Jammu region and operating in small groups. The majority of infiltrators are currently active in Poonch-Rajouri, Kishtwar-Doda, Kathua and Udhampur districts of Jammu division. Some of the groups have crossed over to the Kashmir Valley.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday appointed Nalin Prabhat, a 1992 IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, as Special Director General of J&K Police and he will be the next DG of the force after the retirement of RR Swain on September 30.The Union government on Wednesday curtailed Prabhat’s tenure as NSG director general and ordered his inter-cadre deputation from Andhra Pradesh to the AGMUT stating he is being sent to J&K with “immediate effect”. Prabhat, 55, has headed the specialised anti-Naxal police force ‘Greyhounds’ in Andhra Pradesh and has served in the CRPF on different positions in Kashmir.
