Nagrota: At least two soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday after unspecified number of terrorists attacked one of its units in Nagrota town in Jammu and Kashmir.
The terrorists attacked the Army unit at 5.30 am. Militants opened heavy fire on security men deployed at the army unit in Nagrota belt. In the gunbattle that followed, two army jawans were injured, one of them critically, a senior police officer said.said.
Encounter is underway between the security forces and the terrorists. Meanwhile, the state administration has issued ordered to shut down schools in Nagrota area.
Nagrota is the headquarters of the Army’s 16 corps. In view of the attack, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for traffic in the area.The district administration has closed all schools in Nagorta tehsil as a precautionary measure.
“We have ordered closure of all schools and education institutions in Nagrota tehsil in view of the terror attack”, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh said. An alert has been sounded in Jammu city.
In another incident on Tuesday, a patrol unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) was attacked by militants in Chamliyal area of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir. One one BSF jawan was injured in the cross firing.
BSF troops picked up the movement of a group of suspected militants in Chambiliyal-Ramgarh sector of Samba district during pre-dawn time, a senior BSF officer said.
There was a fire fight in which one BSF jawan suffered minor injuries, he said, adding the suspected militants have been trapped in an area and the gunbattle is underway.
