Soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade and Yahalom, an elite combat engineering unit, have been fighting above and below ground in Shejaya since June 27.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrived at the incident site where an Army convoy was ambushed in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in which five Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, tragically lost their lives on July 8.
Noting that terrorism is "horrible and disgusting", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted India has been facing the menace for over 40 years and said that he can imagine "how deep the pain is" when terror incidents occurred in Dagestan.
Calling the Kathua Terror attack "heartbreaking", Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai urged the Union Home Minister Ajay Rai and Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha to take "immediate action" against the terrorists who killed five Army soldiers in Kathua on July 8.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot condemned the Kathua terror attack in which five army soldiers lost their lives and demanded clarification from the central government on the terrorist attacks taking place in Jammu and Kashmir.
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.