{"id":345650,"date":"2023-09-15T05:13:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=345650"},"modified":"2023-09-15T05:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:44:04","slug":"anantnag-encounter-soldier-goes-missing-as-anti-terror-operation-enters-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/anantnag-encounter-soldier-goes-missing-as-anti-terror-operation-enters-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Anantnag encounter: Soldier goes missing as anti-terror operation enters Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ananatnag-Encounter-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-345651\" width=\"559\" height=\"314\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A soldier has gone missing as security forces continue their operation against terrorists in the Anantnag district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir, reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation, which began on Wednesday evening, is a joint effort by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police aimed at eliminating terrorists hiding in the forests surrounding Gadool village in Anantnag&#8217;s Kokernag area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation has already claimed the lives of Col Manpreet Singh and Maj Ashish Dhonchak from the 19 Rashtriya Rifles, along with DySP Humayun Bhat of J&amp;K Police, lost their lives during a fierce gunfight on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major Dhonchak, a recipient of the Sena Medal in 2023, has been laid to rest in Haryana&#8217;s Panipat, while DSP Bhat, survived by his wife and a three-month-old son, was already laid to rest in Budgam on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terrorists involved are suspected to be associated with The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group reportedly backed by Pakistan&#8217;s Lashkar-e-Taiba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security forces have deployed drones and helicopters to aid in tracking down and neutralizing the terrorists. Recent reports indicate fresh firing from the same encounter site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier has gone missing as security forces continue their operation against terrorists in the Anantnag district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir, reports said. The operation, which began on Wednesday evening, is a joint effort by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police aimed at eliminating terrorists hiding in the forests surrounding Gadool village in Anantnag&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":345651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[17309,17310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345652,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345650\/revisions\/345652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/345651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}