Meanwhile, security has been tightened along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after five army soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists in Kathua district on June 8.
Security has been tightened along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after five armymen were killed in an ambush by terrorists in Kathua district on June 8.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed his deepest condolences to the bereaved families of five army soldiers who were killed in am ambush by terrorists in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on July 8.
One more soldier injured in the terrorist attack on an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on Monday has succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll to five, a Defence official said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta expressed condolences to the bereaved families and said that cowards will not be spared.
The Naxal was identified as Sohan alias Ukas, a resident of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. He was an expert in making IED (Improvised explosive device). He was encountered in the forest of Kothiyatola in Balaghat district on Monday, said Jaideep Prasad, ADG (Additional Director General of P