Two army personnel killed in encounter in J-K's Poonch district

Two army personnel were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Friday. The operation is still going on in a forested area in the district's Mendhar sub-division, they said. "In an ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the general area of Nar Khas forest in Mendhar sub-division there was an exchange of fire between army troops and terrorists during the evening hours of Thursday," a defence public relation officer (PRO) said. During the exchange of fire, two army personnel were critically injured and they later succumbed to their injuries, he said, adding that the operation is still going on. Earlier, the PRO had said that the body of a junior commissioned officer (JCO) is yet to be recovered. However, he later said the body was identified of that of a jawan and not of the JCO. Efforts are being made to trace the missing JCO and the area is prone to danger, the officials said. Riflemen Vikram Singh Negi (26) and Yogambar S

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