| 2016 Pampore standoff | |||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Lashkar-e-Taiba | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Indian Army Para (Special Forces) Central Reserve Police Force | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4 | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 Para SF operatives 2 CRPF personals killed 4 CRPF wounded.[1] | 4 killed | ||||||
| 1 civilian killed | |||||||
On 20 February 2016, 4 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists armed with AK-47 Assault rifles, UBGL, hand grenades and explosives attacked a CRPF convoy on the main road linking Srinagar to Jammu, killing two police men and a civilian. The militants then took refuge in the government-run multi-storey "Entrepreneurship Development Institute" in Pampore.[2] [3] Units of the Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force cordoned off the building and launched a joint operation to evacuate civilians from the building. For Security forces their main focus was to evacuate civilians to safety. Army and CRPF launched a joint operation with armored vehicles to evacuate 120 civilians from the building.[4] The militants responded with automatic gunfire and hand grenades. During the ensuing battle, one soldiers (Capt. Pawan Kumar) from Army 10 para Special Forces unit lost his life. A militant was also killed.[5] Part of the EDI building caught on fire.[6]
The next day, Special Forces operatives launched a final assault against the militants held up in the EDI building. Reconnaissance drones were used in preparation for the assault.[7] The 48 hour stand-off ended with the deaths of all three of the remaining militants. Two soldiers (Capt. Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik Om Prakash) from 9 PARA lost their life on the same day.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Encounter in J&K's Pampore ends, three terrorists killed: Army". times of india. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Encounter in J&K's Pampore ends, three terrorists killed: Army". times of india. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Kashmir conflict: Indian army 'surrounds militants' - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Encounter in J&K's Pampore ends, three terrorists killed: Army". times of india. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "6 dead in Kashmir standoff between Indian forces and rebels". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Kashmir conflict: India says stand-off over with militants killed - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Kashmir conflict: India says stand-off over with militants killed - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Encounter in J&K's Pampore ends, three terrorists killed: Army". times of india. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
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