{"id":349394,"date":"2024-07-17T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=349394"},"modified":"2024-07-18T05:50:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:20:13","slug":"fresh-firefight-erupts-between-village-defence-group-members-and-militants-in-jammus-doda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/fresh-firefight-erupts-between-village-defence-group-members-and-militants-in-jammus-doda\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh firefight erupts between Village Defence Group members and militants in Jammu\u2019s Doda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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**EDS: GRAB VIA PTI VIDEOS** Doda: Security personnel during search and cordon operation after a terrorist attack, at Bhadarwah, in Doda district, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. A CRPF jawan was killed and six security personnel were injured in two overnight encounters with terrorists in Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_12_2024_000050B)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A new exchange of gunfire took place between militants and Village Defence Group (VDG) members in the Doda district of Jammu province on July 17. According to officials, the brief firefight occurred on Wednesday morning in Malan village, located in the Dessa area of Doda district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No casualties have been reported from the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest contact with the militants follows the loss of four soldiers, including a Captain, in a firefight in the Urranbaggi area of Dessa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary reports indicate that VDG members noticed suspicious movement and opened fire, leading to a brief encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security forces are continuing their search operation in the area, which has been the focus of a major anti-militancy operation since July 9, following reports of militant activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new exchange of gunfire took place between militants and Village Defence Group (VDG) members in the Doda district of Jammu province on July 17. According to officials, the brief firefight occurred on Wednesday morning in Malan village, located in the Dessa area of Doda district. No casualties have been reported from the incident. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":349395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16975,15686,16182,18354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349394"}],"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=349394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349396,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349394\/revisions\/349396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/349395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}