Overview
- The Army identified the fallen soldier as Special Forces Havildar Gajendra Singh, who succumbed to injuries sustained during Operation Trashi‑I.
- Officials reported up to eight personnel injured, largely from grenade splinters, with several evacuated by air for treatment.
- Security forces resumed the operation at first light, tightened the cordon in the Sonnar/Singhpura area, and deployed drones, helicopters, thermal surveillance and sniffer dogs.
- Search teams uncovered a suspected hideout stocked with winter rations, utensils, a gas cylinder and a stove near the gunfight site.
- Authorities say the encounter involves an estimated two to three Jaish‑e‑Mohammad militants and forms part of intensified Jammu forest‑belt operations ahead of Republic Day following cross‑border infiltration warnings.