Jammu, July 9: Beginning October 11, 2021 when gun battles between terrorists and Army raged for over 10 days in Chamrer and Bhatta Durrian forests falling between Surankote and Mendhar in Poonch district signaling revival of terrorism, 43 bravehearts have sacrificed their lives in different terror attacks and encounters in the Jammu region.
While five Army soldiers lost their lives on October 11, 2021 in Chamrer forests, four others attained martyrdom at Bhatta Durrian forests on October 16, 2021. Two of them were JCOs. The terrorists remained untraced.
Two more Army jawans sacrificed their lives in Nowshera sector of Rajouri on October 30, 2021.
Five Army soldiers were killed while two fidayeens were eliminated in a terror attack at Pargal in Darhal area of Rajouri on August 11, 2022.
Five Army soldiers were martyred at Bhatta Durrian in Mendhar area of Poonch on April 20, 2023 while exactly a fortnight later five para commandos lost their lives and a Major was injured in an IED blast triggered by the terrorists at Kandi in Rajouri district.
On November 22, 2023, five Army personnel, two of them Captains, attained martyrdom while eliminating two foreign terrorists at Bajimaal in Dharamshal area of Kalakote in Rajouri while five more bravehearts were killed and two others were injured at Dera Ki Gali in Surankote area of Poonch on December 21, 2023.
A VDG jawan was killed at Basantgarh in Udhampur district on April 28, 2024, an IAF soldier lost his life on May 4, 2024 at Surankote in Poonch while a CRPF jawan sacrificed his life at Hiranagar in Kathua on June 11, 2024.
Four Army jawans were martyred at Machedi in Billawar area of Kathua district today.–(Daily Excelsior)
