March 11, 2026 12:27 pm (IST)
Heavy firing resumes in J&K's Arnia sector
Jammu, Nov 28 (IBNS): Heavy firing has resumed in Jammu and Kashmir's Arnia sector on Friday, a day after at least 10 people including terrorists, Army personnel and civilian lost their lives in a massive encounter.
ome militants crossed the border to Arnia belt of Jammu district on Thursday and started indiscriminate firing from a nearby Army bunker.
Combing operations are underway by the Army to find any remaining terrorists hidden in the area on Friday.
At least ten people including four terrorists, three civilians, and three Army personnel were killed in the ongoing encounter between militants and security forces in the Kathar village of Arnia sector in Jammu division of the state on Thursday.
Some four to five terrorists were holed up in the vacant Army bunker in Pindi Khattar belt of Arnia border sector of Jammu district for long.
The bunker belonged to Army's 92 infantry brigade.
The attack started on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.
It also emerged at a time when the state is going through Assembly polls, where Modi is scheduled to visit to Udhampur and Poonch for campaigning on Friday.
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