One worker was killed successful an ongoing anti-terrorist cognition successful the precocious reaches of Doda-Udhampur loop successful the Jammu part connected Saturday (September 20, 2025) arsenic the cognition to flush retired the radical of terrorists hiding successful a wood country continued for the 2nd day.
A spokesperson of the Army’s White Knight Corps, which is coordinating the operation, identified the worker arsenic Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand. “He made the ultimate sacrifice during an ongoing cognition astatine Kanji, Udhampur connected the nighttime of September 19-20, 2025,” the spokesperson said.
The radical of terrorists, believed to beryllium astir 3 to four, was spotted and engaged successful a firefight connected Friday (September 19, 2025) evening astatine the Seoj Dhar area. Chand was injured successful the archetypal bout of the speech of fire, officials said.
The cognition to hunt down the terrorists continued successful the night. Till Saturday (September 20, 2025) evening, nary slain terrorist was spotted astatine the brushwood tract dispersed implicit a immense country of forests.
The Army said the cognition was launched pursuing a circumstantial tip-off astir the question of terrorists successful the area. It was joined by the Jammu & Kashmir Police’s peculiar operations radical to navigate the forested and hilly terrain.
Drones banned
In a related improvement successful the Kashmir valley, the J&K Police has prohibited the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones successful the aftermath of question of terrorists successful a wood scope of southbound Kashmir.
“In presumption of prevailing information considerations, it is hereby notified that flying of drones, UAVs, oregon immoderate different akin aerial devices is strictly prohibited wrong the jurisdiction of Anantnag without anterior support from the competent authority,” the constabulary said.
The constabulary warned that immoderate unauthorised flying volition beryllium dealt with strictly. “Such instrumentality whitethorn besides beryllium seized,” it said.
Soldier dead
A Srinagar-based Army spokesperson said 1 worker died successful northbound Kashmir’s Baramulla district, without revealing the origin of death.
The spokesperson of the Army’s Chinar Corps said the soldier, identified arsenic Major Apraant Raunaq Singh, “made the ultimate sacrifice successful the enactment of duty” successful Baramulla district.
“We basal successful solidarity with the bereaved household and are committed to their well-being,” the Army said.
