Jammu, February 23 – The Army announced on Monday that seven notorious terrorists have been killed during a relentless 326-day joint operation at high altitudes in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district.
The White Knight Corps, based in Nagrota, announced on X that the operation was carried out in challenging conditions in the high-altitude areas of the union territory.
In a post titled "Elimination of Terrorists," the Army wrote, "Relentless and painstaking high-altitude joint operations were conducted over 326 days in the Kishtwar region. Forces tracked terrorists in challenging conditions of cold, wet, and freezing weather across daunting terrain, leading to multiple contacts."
"Troops of #WhiteKnightCorps, @JmuKmrPolice, and #CRPF, based on a well-established intelligence grid created by civil and military intelligence agencies, have finally eliminated all seven notorious terrorists in Chatroo, Kishtwar," the post read.
"Technology, including FPV drones, satellite imagery, RPAs/UAVs, and communication systems, was continuously utilized to assist in the operations. The relentless pursuit and determination of our forces, culminating in the elimination of Saifullah and his associates, demonstrate that nothing can stand against the determination, courage, and valor of our men in uniform and intelligence agencies," the Army said.
Calling it a "major blow to the terror network," the Army stated in the post, "We serve, We Protect!"
Over a dozen encounters took place between the joint forces and the group of Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in the densely forested Chatroo area of Kishtwar during the last year.
As the joint forces continued their relentless pursuit of the group of terrorists, they moved their location from place to place between Kishtwar, Doda, Kathua, and Udhampur districts of the Jammu division.
It was the relentless pursuit by the joint forces that, instead of trying to launch attacks on the security forces, the group, led by JeM commander Saifullah, remained constantly on the run until they were eliminated by the joint forces.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level security review meeting in Jammu on February 7.
The Union Home Minister had directed the security forces to adopt a mission-oriented approach to eliminate the terrorists hiding in the hilly areas of Jammu, along with ensuring zero infiltration to bring complete peace to the union territory.
