SRINAGAR, JULY 16 : Four army personnel, including an officer, who were critically injured in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists, succumbed to injuries in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, official sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The encounter took place when the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of J&K Police launched a joint cordon and search operation at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in Desa forest belt, 55 km from Doda town, late on Monday evening, the officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to security officials, as the search operation was going on, militants fired from automatic weapons towards the search party at around 9 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe fire was returned by the troops and in the ensuing fight, five soldiers were injured,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injured army men were evacuated to a nearby military hospital, where four of the critically injured succumbed to injuries today morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the deceased soldiers is an officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The security official said the search operation in the forest area is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional army, police and paramilitary personnel have been rushed to the forest area to tighten the siege and assist the security men on the ground in the search operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The security men were using drones and sniffer dogs to track down the movement of the militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the second major militant attack on security forces in Jammu region in the last eight days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this month, on July 8, militants ambushed an army convoy in the border district of Kathua in which five soldiers were killed and five others injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The militants, according to security agencies, are making concerted efforts to shift militancy to the Jammu region from Kashmir. Militants have carried out a series of attacks on security forces in Jammu region in the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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