An army soldier died of a heart attack on Friday during a search operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. An officer has given this information. He told that an army soldier died of cardiac arrest during a search operation in the upper areas of Srinagar. This search operation was going on since the encounter in Dachigam on Tuesday.
The officer said that after the encounter in Dachigam on Tuesday, a search operation was being conducted in the forest area of Harwan, in which Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Junaid Ahmed Bhat was killed. He told that Lashkar’s A category terrorist Junaid Ahmed Bhat was involved in the attack near a tunnel construction site in Gagangir area of Ganderbal on October 20.
7 people were killed in the attack on October 20
The officer said that Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Junaid Ahmed Bhat was involved in the attack in Gagangir area of Ganderbal on October 20. A local doctor and 6 migrant labourers were killed in this terror attack. Since then, security personnel were continuously conducting search operations in this area. Today, when security forces were conducting search operations in Harwan area of the city, an army jawan died due to cardiac arrest.
The jawan was from 34 Assam Rifles
Officials said that this morning when security forces were searching for terrorists in Fakir Gujri, Dara in Harwan area of the city, an army jawan died due to cardiac arrest. He said that the jawan has been identified as Jaswinder Singh of 34 Assam Rifles of the Army. He said that the army has started a search operation in the vast forest area to trace the terrorists.