J&K: Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Poonch And Rajouri Districts Amid Ongoing Anti-Terror Operation

Mobile internet services were suspended in the Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday (23 December).

This comes after three people were found dead near the site of the Poonch encounter on Friday.

On Thursday (12 December), four Indian Army soldiers were killed after terrorists attacked two of their vehicles near Topa Pir in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

It was near this site that three locals were found dead on Friday evening.

Senior civil, police, and Army officials, including the Poonch Deputy Commissioner and the Senior Superintendent of Police, remained in Bufliaz until late Friday night to investigate the matter.

The Divisional Commissioner of Jammu was also reportedly on his way to Poonch. Additionally, there were reports of demonstrations occurring in the area.

On Thursday afternoon, a Gypsy and a mini-truck were traveling from Bufliaz in Surankote to Thanamandi in Rajouri, the location of a Rashtriya Rifles unit.

Upon reaching the area below Topa Pir, the convoy carrying Army personnel was ambushed by terrorists, who seemed to have been lying in wait.

On Friday, a massive search operation was underway in the dense forests to track down the terrorists as General Officer Commanding of Jammu-brd White Knight Corps Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain and Director General of Police R R Swain inspected the scene of the ambush and reviewed the security situation, PTI reported.

A team from the National Investigation Agency, headed by a deputy inspector general-rank officer, also visited the ambush site.