Major General, Indian Army, Sameer Shrivastava said on Tuesday that security forces used an unnamed vehicle and artificial intelligence during the encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor. Three terrorists have been killed during the operation.
The anti-terror operation was part of Indian security forces' counter-offensive Operation Asan, launched after terrorists attacked an Army convoy in the Battal area on October 28.
In a poignant turn during a fierce counter-terror operation on October 28 in the Battal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, Phantom, a Belgian Malinois sniffer dog from the Indian Army, made the ultimate sacrifice while pursuing terrorists.
In their ongoing counter-offensive operation Asan, the Indian Army's White Knight Corps successfully eliminated three terrorists during an intense firefight in the Akhnoor region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Responding to the attack on the Indian Army vehicle in the Battal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir police said that three terrorists are believed to be spotted near Assan Mandir in Battal.
On the 5th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nirmal Singh on Monday said that today is a "historic day," adding that there is "peace" in Jammu and Kashmir.
After reports were made by the locals of sighting an unidentified person in the Thati area of Akhnoor in Jammu, a joint search operation is being conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu-Kashmir Police, and CRPF here.
Security measures have been increased, and vehicles are being inspected on the Jammu-Akhnoor highway as a search operation is being carried out in Akhnoor after locals reported sighting an unidentified person in the area.