This comes after the Indian Army lost 10 troopers in terror attacks in the Rajouri-Poonch region in the past two months.
The Indian Army and the security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
are conducting a full scale drill known as 'Operation Trinetra,' in a bid to flush out gunnies from Pakistain in the Pir Panjal region. This operation comes following the terror attack on an Army vehicle at the Bhatta Durian region in Poonch on April 20. On May 5 there was an ambush at Kesari Hill in the Rajouri sector in the run up to the G20 meeting on May 22-24.
The Indian Army lost five troopers each in both those encounters, including four who belonged to the elite 9 Paratroopers Battalion. Following the incidents, Army Chief, General Manoj Pande visited the site and took stock of the situation.
Both the operations were carried out by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. The criminal mastermind in the attack was Habibullah Malik aka Sajid Jutt's module based in Kotli. He resides Pakistain occupied Kashmir. Jutt has been involved in recruitment of gunnies and weapons drop with the help of drones. He is a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the Union Home Ministry. He is married to a Kashmiri Moslem, who has moved to Pakistain. His son however lives in the Valley.
Since 2021, 24 troopers have been killed in the above mentioned area. The Army has now launched a massive operation to avenge these killings. The Army is aided by the security agencies and the Jammu and Kashmir police. The main aim is also to reduce the number of civilian casualties in the area.