Doda: A captain of the Indian Army from the 48 Rashtriya Rifles was killed, and four terrorists were believed to be gunned down during an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Wednesday.
The White Knight Corps condoled the demise of Captain Deepak Singh and said that it stands firm with the bereaved family in the hour of grief.
“All Ranks of #WhiteKnightCorps salute the supreme #sacrifice of #Braveheart Capt Deepak Singh who succumbed to his injuries,” the White Knight Corps wrote on X.
According to officials, the captain, who was martyred, was leading the charge at Shivgarh Dhar in Assar in Doda.
The encounter first began around 6 pm in Udhampur on Tuesday. It was paused after a while and a cordon was established overnight, officials said.
On Wednesday morning, the cordon and search operation (CASO) launched by a joint team to track down a group of foreign terrorists hiding in the Shivgarh-Assar belt resumed, and a gunfight broke out around 7:30 am in a thickly forested area.
The terrorists, who are holed up in a riverine in Assar, crossed into Doda from a forest near Patnitop in adjacent Udhampur district after a brief exchange of fire with the security forces.
The security forces have recovered four blood-soaked rucksacks and M-4 carbines from the encounter site.
