The anti-terror operations in Kokernag continued for the fourth day today and the body of one terrorist was captured in drone footage. On the fourth consecutive day of the operation in the Gadole forests of the Kokernag area in Anantnag District, a top police source confirmed to Zee News that two dead bodies have been seen via drone footage by the security forces near the operation site. According to the source, one body is of the killed terrorist and another body is of the Indian army soldier who was killed yesterday as his body could not be retrieved due to the heavy firing from the terrorist side.


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The source also said that there are two terrorists still alive and retaliating against the security forces in the area. The operation is most likely to continue tomorrow as well. The security forces resumed the operation this morning after a night halt. It’s the fourth day of the encounter and it has been over 80 hours since the operation was started. With the first light today, the joint operation by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF resumed.


Drones have been pushed in to destroy the hideouts of the terrorists in the area. Jammu and Kashmir police had earlier said that the terrorists had been spotted and cornered. At least two to three terrorists including Uzair Khan of the Lashkar have been surrounded in the cordon. The Indian army had said that the Army and Police are using modern equipment like drones and other high-tech gadgets to conduct the operation.


Security forces also destroyed around six natural caves which probably were used by terrorists as hideouts in the jungle area. Two terrorist hideouts were blasted and recoveries were made from those hideouts. Security forces recovered one AK 47 rifle, ammunition, food, and utensils from these hideouts.


Earlier, two Indian Army officers and a DSP of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in an ongoing encounter. The killed army colonel was identified as Manpreet Singh while the army major was identified as Aashish Dhonchak. The DSP of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was identified as Humayun Bhat.


In another operation in North Kashmir's Uri sector of Baramulla district, three terrorists were killed while they were trying to infiltrate the Indian territory. The operation between terrorists and security forces started early this morning in the Hathlanga area of Uri in North Kashmir's Baramulla district. The security forces had a tip-off about the presence of terrorists in the area who were trying to infiltrate. The Indian Army in a press meet said that Pakistani army was assisting the terrorists during infiltration and even opend fired at the Indian Army as well.