Officer among four soldiers killed in Doda encounter

Srinagar, July 16 : Four army personnel, including an officer, have succumbed to injuries sustained during a gunfight with heavily-armed terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early on July 16, according to sources.

Reliable sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the encounter occurred when troops from the Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group of J&K Police launched a joint cordon and search operation in the Dhari Gote Urarbagi area of the Desa forest belt, approximately 55 km from Doda town, late Monday evening.

Sources confirmed that four army personnel, including an officer, have succumbed to injuries.

Earlier, an army spokesman said on X: “Based on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation by Indian Army and JKP was in progress in the general area North of Doda. Contact with terrorists was established tonight at about 2100 hours in which heavy firefight ensued. Initial reports suggest injuries to our bravehearts.

“Additional troops have been moved into the area. Operations are continuing,” added the spokesman of 16 Corps.