The Indian Army has said that several modern equipment besides Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and night enabled cameras were used by security forces to keep the area under surveillance during a recent encounter at Baaji Maal near Kote Kabu, Barevi village of Rajouri district.
Brig Soumeet Patnaik, Commander 14 Sector Rashtriya Rifles, in a joint press conference of army, police and CRPF at Kalakote army battalion headquarters, said that a close synergy of security forces foiled an attempt by terrorists to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the region. Commanding Officer of battalion, Deputy SP Operation Rajouri and other officers were also present in the presser.
Brigadier Patnaik said that relentless joint operations by Indian army, police and paramilitary forces foiled this another attempt to disrupt peace in the Rajouri district.
Naming the operation as Operation Solki, he said that several modern equipment besides UAVs were used by security forces to keep the area under surveillance during the encounter.
He added that during the last few days, there were continuous inputs of movement of two terrorists in the general area of Kalakot and all the intelligence agencies were working relentlessly to eliminate them.