The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Saturday where five Army personnel were killed and one major-rank officer was injured in a blast triggered by terrorists on Friday.

Mr. Rajnath Singh interacted with soldiers at the Army base camp after arriving in the district on Saturday, the 6th of May.

According to sources, Mr. Rajnath Singh was received by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Army chief General Manoj Pande and briefed on the operation underway in Kandi forest area.

Notably, the visit of the Union Defence Minister in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir,  came a day after five soldiers were killed in an explosion triggered by terrorists during an anti-terror operation by the Army in the Kandi forest area of Rajouri district.

On the 5th of May, Friday, five soldiers, identified as havaldar Neelam Singh, N.k. Arvind Kumar, L/Nk R.S. Rawat, Pramod Negi and S. Chettri were killed in a terrorist explosion.  Expressing grief, the Indian Army, Northern Command said, “We stand in solidarity with the bereaved families.”

In addition, besides five jawans, two terrorists were also killed in separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla and Rajouri districts on Saturday, the 6th of May.
Officials said the slain terrorist, identified as Kulgam resident Abid Wani, was affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). An AK-47 rifle was recovered from him.
Five soldiers were killed and another was injured on April 20 when an army truck carrying fruits and vegetables for Iftar was bombed and strafed with bullets by terrorists.
Meanwhile, a joint search operation for terrorist hiding in the Rajouri region of Jammu and Kashmir is still underway.

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