Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has left for Jammu on Saturday to review the security situation in the Jammu sector, a day after five Indian soldiers martyred in an encounter in Rajouri.
The news agency mentioned citing sources that Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande will also be visiting Jammu along with Singh to review the security situation. Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi is already on ground zero..
The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi is already at ground zero to review the operational situation on the ongoing operations at Kandi in Rajouri where contact was re-established with militants.
This comes a day after five soldiers martyred in a face-off with terrorists in the Kandi area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir.
The terrorists triggered an explosive device in retaliation to intelligence-based operations to flush out a group of terrorists on Friday where the Army team suffered five fatal casualties and another soldier suffered injuries. Two soldiers were killed earlier while three out of four soldiers who were injured succumbed to their injuries later, the Army had stated in a statement.
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