The drones have been pressed into service to pinpoint the location of terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area on a hilly terrain in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag dist꧅rict.
The operation to eliminate the hiding terro👍rists in hilly terrain of south Kashmir’s Anantnag has ent🐼ered fourth day.
The drones have been pressed into service to pinpoint the location of terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area on a hilly terrain in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag dist꧅rict.
The officials have said that the operation continues to flush out the ul🃏tras in the hilly terrain that entered the fourth day on Saturday.
Add🔥itional Director ꧒General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said the operation was launched based on specific input and is currently underway, PTI said.
In a post on X, Kumar sai🐲d the two-three trapped terrorists will be neutralised.
He also advised retired police and Army offඣicers to avoid peddling ambush hypothesis in the media, it said.
"Retired police/Army officers should avoid 'ambush ⛦hypothesis'. It is a specific input-based ops. Ops is in progress and all 2-3 trapped terrorists will be neutralise𒊎d," he said, it mentioned.
Earlier, as the gunfight entered its third day, security forces fired m𝓀ortar shells towards the forest area on the mountainous terrain, the report said.
It added drones𝔍 were pressed into seꦇrvice for aerial surveillance.
"The forces fire🍌d mortar shells on the terrain where they believe the terrorists are hiding based on drone surveillance," the officials said,🦩 it added.
The security forces have maintained a tight꧋ cordon in th𒁏e area, they added, it mentioned.
Major Ashish Dhonchak, 19 Rashtriya Rifles Commanding Officer Col Manpreet Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat and a soldier were killed in an encounter with the terrorists at Gadole in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district on Wednesday.