Amitabh Yash, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Special Task Force, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday termed the caste-based encounter allegations as "baseless" and said that the criminals have "no caste."
The five soldiers were killed during the anti-terror 'Operation Trinetra' of the Indian Army with Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday paid tribute to the jawan who lost his life in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
The Indian Army is conducting operations to flush out a group of terrorists involved in an ambush on an army truck in the Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in the Jammu region about a fortnight ago, where another five soldiers lost lives.
This comes a day after five soldiers were killed during the anti-terror 'Operation Trinetra' of the Indian Army with Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF.